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30 Nov 2025
@not-jack:matrix.orgnot-jackAnyone have tips? 20:00:07
@not-jack:matrix.orgnot-jackActually, looks like i'm oom'ing now20:06:19
@chickeniq:matrix.orgChickenIQ joined the room.21:39:45
@chickeniq:matrix.orgChickenIQI've been trying to generate a disk image for my pi 4 with disko, but i keep getting an error: "Firmware not found" Any idea on how i could fix it? Repo: https://github.com/ChickenIQ/NixOSPI421:45:53
@chickeniq:matrix.orgChickenIQ* I've been trying to generate a disk image for my pi 4 with disko, but i keep getting an error on boot: "Firmware not found" Any idea on how i could fix it? Repo: https://github.com/ChickenIQ/NixOSPI421:47:01
1 Dec 2025
@chickeniq:matrix.orgChickenIQ

this seems to be enough to get it to work

          esp = {
            size = "1024M";
            type = "EF00";
            content = {
              format = "vfat";
              type = "filesystem";
              mountpoint = "/boot";
              mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
              postMountHook =
                let
                  configTxt = pkgs.writeText "config.txt" ''
                    [pi4]
                    kernel=u-boot-rpi4.bin
                    disable_overscan=1
                    enable_gic=1
                    arm_boost=1

                    [all]
                    avoid_warnings=1
                    enable_uart=1
                    arm_64bit=1
                  '';
                in
                toString (
                  pkgs.writeScript "postMountHook.sh" ''
                    (cd ${pkgs.raspberrypifw}/share/raspberrypi/boot && cp bootcode.bin fixup4.dat start4.elf bcm2711-*.dtb /mnt/boot/)
                    cp ${pkgs.ubootRaspberryPi4_64bit}/u-boot.bin /mnt/boot/u-boot-rpi4.bin
                    cp ${configTxt} /mnt/boot/config.txt
                  ''
                );
            };
          };
00:20:12
@chickeniq:matrix.orgChickenIQ

proper hack, works without disko too

{
  config,
  pkgs,
  lib,
  ...
}:

let
  installBootLoader =
    (import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible") {
      inherit config lib pkgs;
    }).config.content.system.build.installBootLoader;

  populateFirmware =
    (import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/installer/sd-card/sd-image-aarch64.nix") {
      inherit config lib pkgs;
    }).sdImage.populateFirmwareCommands;

  installCmd = pkgs.writeShellScript "populate-boot.sh" ''
    set -e && export PATH=${pkgs.coreutils}/bin:$PATH
    ${installBootLoader} "$@"

    ln -s "/boot" "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/firmware" 
    cd "$NIX_BUILD_TOP" && ${populateFirmware} 
    echo "include usercfg.txt" >> /boot/config.txt
  '';
in
{
  system.build.installBootLoader = lib.mkForce installCmd;
}
03:27:03
@chickeniq:matrix.orgChickenIQ *

proper hack, works without disko too

{
  config,
  pkgs,
  lib,
  ...
}:

let
  installBootLoader =
    (import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible") {
      inherit config lib pkgs;
    }).config.content.system.build.installBootLoader;

  populateFirmware =
    (import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/installer/sd-card/sd-image-aarch64.nix") {
      inherit config lib pkgs;
    }).sdImage.populateFirmwareCommands;

  installCmd = pkgs.writeShellScript "populate-boot.sh" ''
    set -e && export PATH=${pkgs.coreutils}/bin:$PATH
    ${installBootLoader} "$@"

    ln -s "/boot" "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/firmware" 
    cd "$NIX_BUILD_TOP" && ${populateFirmware} 
    echo "include usercfg.txt" >> /boot/config.txt
  '';
in
{
  system.build.installBootLoader = lib.mkForce installCmd;
}
03:27:14
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@stooj:matrix.orgstoojRedacted or Malformed Event17:32:21
@stooj:matrix.orgstooj

Possibly a general flake question: what is the syntax for applying a flake from a non-github repo and using a specific branch?

So far I'm trying:

nix run --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' 'github:nix-community/disko/latest#disko-install' -- --write-efi-boot-entries --flake 'https://codeberg.org/higara/legacy-nix-configuration.git?ref=add-klaes#klaes' --disk nvme0 /dev/nvme0n1

And getting:

error: Failed to open archive (Unrecognizde archive format)
.disko-install-wrapped: line 234: artifacts[1]: unbound variable
17:39:25
@stooj:matrix.orgstooj *

Possibly a general flake question: what is the syntax for applying a flake from a non-github repo and using a specific branch?

So far I'm trying:

nix run --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' \
    'github:nix-community/disko/latest#disko-install' -- \
    --write-efi-boot-entries \
    --flake 'https://codeberg.org/higara/legacy-nix-configuration.git?ref=add-klaes#klaes' \
    --disk nvme0 /dev/nvme0n1

And getting:

error: Failed to open archive (Unrecognizde archive format)
.disko-install-wrapped: line 234: artifacts[1]: unbound variable
17:40:32
@berrij:fairydust.spaceBerriJI guess you need 'git+https://...' instead of just starting directly with 'https://'17:44:09
@stooj:matrix.orgstoojThanks, I will try that.17:45:08
@brisingr05:matrix.orgBrisingr changed their display name from Brisingr05 to Brisingr.18:39:52
@stooj:matrix.orgstooj Thanks @berrij:fairydust.space 19:08:31
@berrij:fairydust.spaceBerriJQuick question: I want to streamline my deployment process for new machines a bit using disko, flakes and nixos-anywhere. Currently I only use disko without flakes and I crafted this disko config (https://codeberg.org/BerriJ/nixos-config/src/branch/main/hosts/common/disks/disko-luks-lvm-swap-btrfs.nix#L1-L9) which uses some variables for swap-size, etc. Ideally, I would add this config to my flake, and be able to define things like swapsize etc. per host (maybe inside the nixosConfigurations outputs of my flake?) Maybe someone of you has something like that, you would help me a lot 😇🙏20:49:57
@berrij:fairydust.spaceBerriJNevermind, I found this: https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-anywhere-examples/blob/main/flake.nix#L28, which should be exactly what I was looking for. Now I need to wrap my head around provisioning luks encryption passwords 🙃21:13:51
2 Dec 2025
@chickeniq:matrix.orgChickenIQ *

proper hack, works without disko too

{
  config,
  pkgs,
  lib,
  ...
}:

let
  installBootLoader =
    (import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible") {
      inherit config lib pkgs;
    }).config.content.system.build.installBootLoader;

  populateFirmware =
    (import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/installer/sd-card/sd-image-aarch64.nix") {
      inherit config lib pkgs;
    }).sdImage.populateFirmwareCommands;

  installCommand = pkgs.writeShellScript "populate-boot.sh" ''
    set -e && export PATH=${pkgs.coreutils}/bin:$PATH
    ${builtins.replaceStrings [ "firmware/" ] [ "boot/" ] populateFirmware}
    echo "include usercfg.txt" >> boot/config.txt
    ${installBootLoader} "$@"
  '';
in
{
  system.build.installBootLoader = lib.mkForce installCommand;
}
00:56:06
@sinan:sinanmohd.comsinan

How do you guys handle diffrent /dev/* paths,

i use nixos anywhere to add nodes to my cluster but some nodes will have /dev/nvme0n1 as root and some /dev/sda1 and so on

Is there way to automatically select which ever is avaialable ?

12:47:49
@sinan:sinanmohd.comsinanif not maybe we can use some sort of lib.mkOverride where we assign priority on each path - disk pair, and select the first available one ?12:50:21
@berrij:fairydust.spaceBerriJ I usually pass it as a variable. So my config looks like this: https://codeberg.org/BerriJ/nixos-config/src/branch/main/hosts/common/disks/disko-luks-lvm-swap-btrfs.nix#L16 And then I do: nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" <br /> run github:nix-community/disko/c5140c6 -- <br /> --mode destroy,format,mount $SCRIPT_DIR/disko-luks-lvm-swap-btrfs.nix <br /> --yes-wipe-all-disks <br /> --argstr disk "${DISK}" <br /> --arg sizes "${SIZES}" <br /> --arg luks_passwordFile "${LUKS_PWF}" 13:21:53
3 Dec 2025
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@blitz:chat.x86.lolblitzHey! Quick question: Is it possible to perserve certain partitions when using disko to deploy a system? I'd like to preserve the ESP and another recovery partition (can be identified by UUID for example)09:49:52
@lassulus:lassul.uslassulusnot easily, you would have to run just the formatScript and have enough space available, you can create some partitons with content = null; which would get ignored by disko, but the offsets for the partition you want to create need to be correct09:51:59
@blitz:chat.x86.lolblitzmmh ok. maybe I'll write my own script that handles this for now, let's see :)09:53:17
@blitz:chat.x86.lolblitzbut thanks!09:53:23
@lassulus:lassul.uslassulusthat is probably easier for now09:53:41
4 Dec 2025
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