Niels Nix Stuff

Install (from ISO)

Build and burn the ISO:

./build-iso.sh
./burn-iso.sh /dev/sdX

Boot the USB. You'll auto-login as root and see a prompt. Then:

nmcli device wifi rescan
nmcli device wifi connect "SSID" --ask
install-nixos

After it finishes:

# set your password
nixos-enter --root /mnt -c "passwd niels"
# reboot
reboot

Adding a new device

1. Create devices/<name>/ with configuration.nix, home-manager.nix, and disko.nix
2. disko.nix can just be import ../../common/disko/standard-nvme.nix or a custom layout
3. configuration.nix imports ../../common/configuration.nix + any hardware modules
4. home-manager.nix imports ../../common/home-manager.nix + any extra packages
5. Add the device to flake.nix
6. Build ISO, boot, run install-nixos

Good commands

# rebuild current host
./switch.sh

# format all nix files
./format.sh

# build installer ISO
./build-iso.sh

# burn ISO to USB
./burn-iso.sh /dev/sdX

Sources

• https://github.com/dustinlyons/nixos-config/tree/main/templates/starter