NixOS installation

• Installation page https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/

# log in as root
sudo su

Wi-Fi

iwctl
[iwd] device list
[iwd] station "wlan0" get-networks
[iwd] station "wlan0" connect "ssid"

# test connection
ping "nixos.org"

# update clocks
systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd

Partitions

• Partition Setup
• g -> New partition table
• n -> New partition
• /dev/sdx1 -> +0.5G
• /dev/sdx2 -> Rest
• w -> write

# List available disks and partitions
lsblk

# List disks
fdisk -l # Optionally use cgdisk

Root partition: LUKS encryption

# Format encrypted partition
cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdxN -v -y

cryptsetup config /dev/sdxN --label FOO_CRYPT

# Unlock partition
cryptsetup open /dev/sdxN foo

Root partition: EXT4 setup

# Format partition & label it
mkfs.ext4 -L FOO /dev/mapper/foo

# Mount
mount /dev/mapper/foo /mnt

EFI partition

# Format
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdx1

# Set label
dosfslabel /dev/sdx1 ESP

# Mount
mount -m /dev/sdx1 /mnt/boot

Configuration

• Creates
• /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
• /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix

nixos-generate-config --root "/mnt"

{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
  imports = [
    "${builtins.fetchGit { url = "https://github.com/kekrby/nixos-hardware.git"; }}/apple/t2"
  ];
  hardware.firmware = [
    (pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
      name = "brcm-firmware";

      buildCommand = ''
        dir="$out/lib/firmware"
        mkdir -p "$dir"
        cp -r ${./files/firmware}/* "$dir"
      '';
    })
  ];
  programs.hyprland.enable = true;
}

Install

nixos-install

• After rebooting, log in with root account and change the user password passwd <user>