# Use GUI: it handles Wifi better! # Check the devices and it's partitions: lsblk # to check the device names and sizes # If under /dev/sdc and mounted: sudo umount /dev/sdc1 # Put the OS image on the USB stick: sudo dd if=nixos.iso of=/dev/sdc # # Derived from https://www.maketecheasier.com/nixos-review/ # First, get an internet connection, either by using an ethernet cable or using =wpa_supplicant=: # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase SSID PASSPHRASE) # Change keyboard to pt_BR layout: loadkeys br-abnt2 # Format disk: gdisk /dev/nvme0n1 # disk found using lsblk # START Steps within gdisk d # first, delete all partitions with `d` o # create a new GUID partition table (GPT) ## Create the BIOS boot partition n # create new partition 1 # partition number ENTER # use default first sector +1M # partition size of 1MB EF02 # set partition type to "BIOS boot partition" ## Create the EFI System Partition n # create new partition 2 # partition number ENTER # use default first sector +500M # partition size of 500MB EF00 # set partition type to "EFI System" ## Create the Linux LVM (where LUKS goes) n # create new partition 3 # partition number ENTER # use default first sector ENTER # partition size is the remaining of the disk EF00 # set partition type to "EFI System" 8E00 # set partition type to "Linux LVM" w # END Steps within gdisk cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/nvme0n1p3 # Initialize the encrypted partition cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p3 enc-pv # Open encrypted partition volume pvcreate /dev/mapper/enc-pv vgcreate vg /dev/mapper/enc-pv lvcreate -n swap vg -L 10G lvcreate -n root vg -l 100%FREE mkfs.vfat -n BOOT /dev/nvme0n1p2 mkfs.ext4 -L root /dev/vg/root mkswap -L swap /dev/vg/swap mount /dev/vg/root /mnt mkdir /mnt/boot mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/boot mkswap -L swap /dev/sda1 swapon /dev/sda1 mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/sda2 mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt nixos-generate-config --root /mnt # START Edit NixOS configuration file vi /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix # Uncomment: boot.loader.grub.device = “/dev/sda” enviroment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ wget vim firefox gitAndTools.gitFull gitAndTools.git-annex gitAndTools.gitRemoteGcrypt lsof gnupg gnupg1 ] # Add: services = { xserver = { enable = true; desktopManager.gnome3.enable = true; displayManager.gdm.enable = true; }; }; # END nixos-install # OS will prompt for root UNIX password reboot C-M- useradd -m andreh passwd andreh # Setup UNIX password (for andreh) sudo vi /etc/sudoers # START Add the following line below the `root` line andreh ALL=(ALL) ALL # END