| 30 Nov 2025 |
 not-jack | I've tried remounting the store with more space, but that doesn't seem to do anything | 20:00:00 |
| not-jack | Anyone have tips? | 20:00:07 |
| not-jack | Actually, looks like i'm oom'ing now | 20:06:19 |
|  ChickenIQ joined the room. | 21:39:45 |
| ChickenIQ | I'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/NixOSPI4 | 21:45:53 |
| ChickenIQ | * 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/NixOSPI4 | 21:47:01 |
| 1 Dec 2025 |
| ChickenIQ | 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 ${configTxt} /mnt/boot/config.txt
''
);
};
};
| 00:20:12 |
| ChickenIQ | proper hack, works without disko too
{
config,
pkgs,
lib,
...
}:
let
installBootLoader =
(import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible") {
inherit config lib pkgs;
}).config.content.system.build.installBootLoader;
populateFirmware =
(import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/installer/sd-card/sd-image-aarch64.nix") {
inherit config lib pkgs;
}).sdImage.populateFirmwareCommands;
installCmd = pkgs.writeShellScript "populate-boot.sh" ''
set -e && export PATH=${pkgs.coreutils}/bin:$PATH
${installBootLoader} "$@"
ln -s "/boot" "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/firmware"
cd "$NIX_BUILD_TOP" && ${populateFirmware}
echo "include usercfg.txt" >> /boot/config.txt
'';
in
{
system.build.installBootLoader = lib.mkForce installCmd;
}
| 03:27:03 |
| ChickenIQ | * proper hack, works without disko too
{
config,
pkgs,
lib,
...
}:
let
installBootLoader =
(import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible") {
inherit config lib pkgs;
}).config.content.system.build.installBootLoader;
populateFirmware =
(import (pkgs.path + "/nixos/modules/installer/sd-card/sd-image-aarch64.nix") {
inherit config lib pkgs;
}).sdImage.populateFirmwareCommands;
installCmd = pkgs.writeShellScript "populate-boot.sh" ''
set -e && export PATH=${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 |
|  stooj joined the room. | 16:54:37 |
| stooj | Redacted or Malformed Event | 17:32:21 |
| stooj | 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 | * 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 | I guess you need 'git+https://...' instead of just starting directly with 'https://' | 17:44:09 |
| stooj | Thanks, I will try that. | 17:45:08 |
