Unable to install system with with impermanence.
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MrFoxPro commented
My disko config:
disko.devices.disk.vda = {
type = "disk";
device = "/dev/vda";
content = {
type = "table";
format = "gpt";
partitions = [
{
name = "boot";
start = "0";
end = "1M";
flags = ["bios_grub"];
}
{
name = "NIXBOOT";
start = "1M";
end = "512M";
bootable = true;
content = {
type = "filesystem";
format = "vfat";
mountpoint = "/boot";
};
}
{
name = "NIXROOT";
start = "512M";
end = "-5G";
content = {
type = "filesystem";
format = "ext4";
mountpoint = "/nix";
};
}
{
name = "TMPFS";
start = "-5G";
end = "-2G";
content = {
type = "filesystem";
format = "ext4";
mountpoint = "/tmp";
};
}
{
name = "SWAP";
start = "-2G";
end = "100%";
part-type = "primary";
content = {
type = "swap";
randomEncryption = true;
};
}
];
};
};
disko.devices.nodev."/" = {
fsType = "tmpfs";
mountOptions = ["size=1024M" "defaults" "mode=755"];
};
Running nixos-anywhere -f .#mary-aeza --extra-files /tmp/tmp.q0iyLogzdw root@<host>
then, after reboot, NixOS doesn't load (pic)
I was able to install NixOS then by using --stop-after-disko
arg and then executing:
nix build .#nixosConfigurations.mary-aeza.config.system.build.toplevel
nix copy --to "ssh://root@<host>?remote-store=local?root=/mnt" ./result
nixos-install --no-root-passwd --no-channel-copy --root /mnt --system ${SYSTEM}
MrFoxPro commented
I think problem is because impermanence requires target directory.
Seems like mkdir /nix/persist
fixes the issue. However, it's impossible to pass this kind of arguments to nixos-anywhere.
I think it could be better if nixos-anywhere targets could be configured through flake outputs like deploy-rs does.
MrFoxPro commented
Okay this is effectively a duplicate of nix-community/impermanence#121