nyxi-installer/README.md

The NixOS Installer

This installer is named after my doggo Onyxia.

At the core of this installer it does the following:

• Partition the drive of your choice
• Installs a base of NixOS (configuration.nix)
• Installs a DE/WM of your choice (currently supporting GNOME and Plasma)
• Installs needed packages (programs.nix)
• Installs needed packages for certain hardware

nix files are from this repo but that can be changed as needed.

Tested on the following drives:

• SATA
• NVMe
• eMMC

Tested on the following architectures:

• x86_64
• aarch64

This sets the hashedPassword to my own so you will need to update it to match your own as well as the username. I created the hash with this command:

sudo mkpasswd -m sha-512

Get Started

Prerequisites:

• Prepare an installation medium.
• Boot the live environment.
• Connect to internet.

Connect to internet

> add_network
0
> set_network 0 ssid "myhomenetwork"
OK
> set_network 0 psk "mypassword"
OK
> set_network 0 key_mgmt WPA-PSK
OK
> enable_network 0
OK

https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-installation-booting-networking

Start the installer

sh <(curl -L https://gitlab.com/ahoneybun/nyxi-installer/-/raw/main/install.sh)

The following will happen:

• Clear partition table for /dev/***.
• Creates a GPT partition table for /dev/***.
• Creates a 1GB EFI partiton at /dev/***1.
• Creates a 4GB Swap partition at /dev/***3.
• Creates a root partition with the rest of the space at /dev/***2.
• Installs GRUB

Roadmap

• Merge ARM64 and x86_64 together into one branch

Possible Ideas

• Install nix-channels such as nixos-hardware and home-manager after install.