Last active
October 11, 2021 08:36
-
-
Save johnrichardrinehart/862ec48a88ea4be9e9a3f09a4fe66f48 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
NixOS swap and MBR install script
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# You can fetch to disk with | |
# curl -o install.sh <raw_gist_url> | |
# | |
# Run with `sudo` | |
# Environment variables: | |
# NIXOS_INSTALL_SWAP_SIZE (default: "8GiB") | |
# NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE (default: "/dev/sda") | |
# NIXOS_INSTALL_EDIT_CONFIGURATION_FILE (default: "yes", accepted value: "no") | |
# | |
# Example invocation: NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE="/dev/vda" sudo ./install.sh | |
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/2013589 | |
NIXOS_INSTALL_SWAP_SIZE="${NIXOS_INSTALL_SWAP_SIZE:=8GiB}" | |
NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE="${NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE:=/dev/sda}" | |
NIXOS_INSTALL_EDIT_CONFIGURATION_FILE="${NIXOS_INSTALL_EDIT_CONFIGURATION_FILE:=yes}" | |
parted "${NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE}" -- mklabel msdos | |
parted "${NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE}" -- mkpart primary 1MiB -"${NIXOS_INSTALL_SWAP_SIZE}" | |
parted "${NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE}" -- mkpart primary linux-swap -"${NIXOS_INSTALL_SWAP_SIZE}" 100% | |
mkfs.ext4 -L nixos "${NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE}"1 # /dev/sda1 | |
sleep 1 | |
mkswap -L swap "${NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE}"2 # /dev/sda2 | |
sleep 1 | |
mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt | |
swapon "${NIXOS_INSTALL_ROOT_DRIVE}"2 | |
sleep 1 | |
nixos-generate-config --root /mnt | |
if [ "${NIXOS_INSTALL_EDIT_CONFIGURATION_FILE}" == "yes" ]; then | |
printf "You are about to enter vim to edit /mnt/etc/nix/configuration.nix\nPress any key to continue...\n" | |
read | |
vim /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix | |
fi | |
printf "System is prepared for installation... run `sudo nixos-install` when ready to install.\n" |
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment