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https://github.com/mackenzie779/nixos-config
NixOS noob trying to build his system
https://github.com/mackenzie779/nixos-config
config flakes home-manager nixos
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NixOS noob trying to build his system
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mackenzie779/nixos-config
- Owner: MacKenzie779
- Created: 2024-03-13T10:20:35.000Z (11 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-15T21:35:36.000Z (11 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-25T11:41:12.859Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: config, flakes, home-manager, nixos
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 8.46 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: readme.md
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# NixOS noob trying to build his system
My NixOS configuration using home-manager and flakes
Inspired by https://github.com/librephoenix/nixos-config/
# Installing instructions
## First steps
1. Download the minimal NixOS ISO image from https://nixos.org/download.html/nixos-iso
2. Boot into the NixOS installer
3. Run `sudo -i` to obtain root privileges
4. If necessary, change the keyboard layout (e.g. `loadkeys de`)
5. Now connect your machine with the internet
## Paritioning
We are implementing following example parition layout:
| Device | Size | Filesystem | Label |
| --------- | ---------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| /dev/sda1 | 457G (free space left) | ext4 | nixos |
| /dev/sda2 | 8G (size of your RAM) | swap | swap |
| /dev/sda3 | 512M | fat32 | boot |
Create new gpt partition table
```bash
parted /dev/sda -- mklabel gpt
```
Create new root partition
```bash
parted /dev/sda -- mkpart root ext4 512MB -8GB
```
Create new swap partition
```bash
parted /dev/sda -- mkpart swap linux-swap -8GB 100%
```
Create new boot partition
```bash
parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MB 512MB
```
```bash
parted /dev/sda -- set 3 esp on
```
## Formating the new partitions
```bash
mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/sda1
```
```bash
mkswap -L swap /dev/sda2
```
```bash
mkfs.fat -F 32 -n boot /dev/sda3
```
## Mounting the new partitions
```bash
mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
```
```bash
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
```
```bash
mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot
```
```bash
swapon /dev/disk/by-label/swap
```
## Installing the NixOS configuration
Enable flakes on the live system and install git
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.config/nix/
echo experimental-features = nix-command flakes > ~/.config/nix/nix.conf
nix profile install nixpkgs#git
```
```bash
mkdir -p /mnt/home/user/
cd /mnt/home/user
```
Clone repository
```bash
git clone "https://github.com/MacKenzie779/nixos-config.git"
cd nixos-config
nano flake.nix
```
Generate hardware config for new system
```bash
nixos-generate-config --root /mnt --show-hardware-config > profiles/nixdesk/hardware-configuration.nix
git add .
```
Install base system
```bash
nixos-install --flake .#system
reboot
```
Login as root and set user password
```bash
passwd user
```
Exit as root and login as user in order to install the home-manager configuration
```bash
nix run home-manager/master --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-fetaures flakes -- switch --flake ./nixos-config#user
reboot
```