From 44265fad14d939ae5bd178e344d6bdda0d054137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Price Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 21:55:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Create README.md --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ee11c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +* Download [NixOS ISO](https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html) +* Write the ISO to a USB drive using `dd` +* Boot machine from ISO + * If you're using vbox, then boot with `nomodeset` as otherwise the boot hangs. +* Install git: `nix-env -i git` +* Clone configuration: `git clone https://github.com/willprice/nixos-config.git` +* Follow the [installation guide](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-installation) up to `nixos-generate-config` + * Copy nixos configuration files to `/mnt`: `cp nixos-config/* /mnt/etc/nixos` + * Generate hardware config: `nixos-generate-config` + * Install system: `nixos-install` (set root password)