| 17 May 2023 |
 @mberndt:matrix.org | ElvishJerricco
I've reworked the Stratis root fs support. nixos-generate-config now does the right thing with stratis volumes, and the stratisroot module will make sure that all pools required to boot the machine are initialized in the initramfs. Could you take another look?
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/229767 | 03:07:43 |
 @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | mberndt: I'll take a look soon. Been feeling a little ill so I've been avoiding nixpkgs work for a couple of days | 13:34:40 |
| @mberndt:matrix.org | In reply to @elvishjerricco:matrix.org
mberndt: I'll take a look soon. Been feeling a little ill so I've been avoiding nixpkgs work for a couple of days Oh dear, I hope you get better soon! This isn't in any way urgent, so take whatever time you need | 17:29:33 |
| 19 May 2023 |
 @nikstur:matrix.org | ElvishJerricco: isn't the stage 1 activation initrd-nixos-activation.service and the stage 2 activation nixos-activation.service? | 13:47:32 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | nikstur: .... yep. Got those names mixed up | 13:47:50 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | you can tell I'm having a foggy week :P | 13:47:59 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | but nixos-activation.service is a user service thing, not a system service thing | 13:48:49 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | not relevant to repart at all | 13:48:54 |
| @nikstur:matrix.org | Ah ok | 13:48:58 |
| @nikstur:matrix.org | Is /etc set up in initrd-nixos-activation.service? | 13:49:17 |
| @nikstur:matrix.org | or in nixos-activation.service | 13:49:35 |
| @nikstur:matrix.org | In reply to @elvishjerricco:matrix.org
you can tell I'm having a foggy week :P No worries :D | 13:49:42 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | nikstur: nixos-activation.service is started for each user when that user logs in. Each user has their own systemd instance that runs with their permissions, and that starts user units like nixos-activation.service | 13:52:39 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | initrd-nixos-activation.service is a system service in stage 1 that runs the generation's activation script, which does things like setup /etc | 13:52:57 |
| @nikstur:matrix.org | Right thanks | 13:53:46 |
| @nikstur:matrix.org | I see how it doesnt make sense to order after nixos-activation.service then :D | 13:56:23 |
| @nikstur:matrix.org | https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/232533 should be good to go then | 13:56:45 |
|  Charles ⚡️ joined the room. | 22:28:36 |
 @uep:matrix.org | Cool.. what's the use-case? Something like netbooting a disposable compute node with local ssd? | 23:58:16 |
| 20 May 2023 |
 colemickens |
where the root partition is dynamically created
and how is that achieved? is there an option you pass for the mount and systemd(-repart) will make it?
| 00:00:06 |
| colemickens | *
where the root partition is dynamically created
and how is that achieved? is there an option you pass for the mount and systemd(-repart) will make it?
| 00:00:12 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | think of e.g. nixos tests, where the root fs is created on boot | 00:01:07 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | but imagine you want it in an actual partition table, probably with other partitions as well | 00:01:20 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | the systemd folks tend to think of this in terms of an installation process that just creates an ESP and a /usr partition, and then everything else is set up by the boot process | 00:02:11 |
| @uep:matrix.org | oh, on the same disk.. so a partially-constructed partition table and set of filesystems vs something like disk when building the disk image, all at once. | 00:18:17 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | There's sort of a lot you can do with it | 00:18:57 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | It's pretty flexible | 00:19:02 |
| @uep:matrix.org | hm. It seems to me like shuffling the deck chairs of when things get done, compared to (say) resizing partitions on first boot | 00:20:29 |
| @uep:matrix.org | but it is a more general version of that idea, so I suppose allows for more options | 00:20:55 |
| @elvishjerricco:matrix.org | I don't really understand that analogy but ok :P | 00:21:31 |
