| 20 Mar 2024 |
 tcurdt | In reply to @matthewcroughan:defenestrate.it
tcurdt: here is how I do it Super interesting. Thank you!
I am not quite sure how you are using it though. I see installation-cd-base.
Do you create an ISO from this to start the install?
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| tcurdt | In reply to @matthewcroughan:defenestrate.it
tcurdt: here is how I do it * Super interesting. Thank you! | 10:31:16 |
| tcurdt | Can you expand on this part though:
Creates a NixOS installer iso that contains the toplevel from the given nixosConfiguration in the closure. This installer will then runs the diskoScript from a given nixosConfiguration on boot, install the toplevel via nixos-install and reboot
This function requires that a disko configuration is already present inside of the given nixosConfiguration.
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| tcurdt | You would create the iso, write that on e.g. a usbstick, the system would start, partition and install. | 10:35:41 |
| tcurdt | But you would still put the disko config into the nixosConfiguration? | 10:36:53 |
| tcurdt | Because here it says otherwise
This function does not require the given nixosConfiguration to have a disko configuration, as it will force an opinionated one in
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 matthewcroughan @fosdem | In reply to @tcurdt:matrix.org
But you would still put the disko config into the nixosConfiguration? Yes, you need to do that | 15:57:21 |
| matthewcroughan @fosdem | The mkZfsNuke function doesn't need one, as I append one | 15:57:36 |
| 21 Mar 2024 |
 nim65s | Hi !
What do you currently use/recommend for /boot size ? (and maybe separate /boot/efi ?)
I can see 500M here: https://github.com/nix-community/disko/blob/master/example/simple-efi.nix, and this is what I currently have on some Arch/Ubuntu, but I recently got issues with that (ubuntu got multiple 175M initrd files, among other things).
https://serverfault.com/questions/334663/what-is-the-recommended-size-for-a-linux-boot-partition is not a very good ref, but it at least show that it change a lot over time, and people tend to follow what their distro say. NixOS also seems to provide 512M by default.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/EFI_system_partition#Create_the_partition says 1 to 4G just to be sure 😅 | 09:38:36 |
 Fernando Rodrigues | 4 gigs for an EFI partition is a lot. I’d go with 1024M at a maximum. | 10:18:50 |
 @adam:robins.wtf | 512 is too small in my opinion. I go with 1 or at most 2GB | 10:54:08 |
| @adam:robins.wtf | It affects how many generations/kernels you can keep | 10:54:50 |
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| GenericNerdyUsername | Is there a way I can run a command before a partition is unmounted on shutdown? | 13:26:04 |
| @adam:robins.wtf | you can maybe use systemd unit ordering to do so | 13:44:19 |
| GenericNerdyUsername | i meant in disko | 13:44:35 |
| GenericNerdyUsername | having a preUnmountHook right next to preMountHook would be a lot cleaner than a new systemd unit | 13:45:22 |
 lassulus | unmounting is currently not managed by disko | 14:14:09 |
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| @perchun:matrix.org | hello
I currently have a disk of 2tb with 1.5tb partition for my current OS (fedora) and 500gb of free space. Is it possible to install NixOS via disko only on free space, without touching existing partitions?
I could format the disk by hand, but I have +- complex config, and I am afraid I couldn't reproduce it by hand (at least at first try).
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