# # enable ssh for root # sudo bash systemctl start sshd passwd # # install script below # # # kill old efi boot stuff # efibootmgr efibootmgr -b 0 -B efibootmgr -b 1 -B efibootmgr -b 2 -B efibootmgr -b 3 -B efibootmgr -b 4 -B efibootmgr # host name to use HOST=neko # disks to use DISK=/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-Seagate_FireCuda_530_ZP4000GM30013_7VS01VBM DISK2=/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-CT2000P5PSSD8_213330E4ED05 DISK3=/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-Samsung_SSD_980_PRO_2TB_S69ENF0R846614L # ensure 4k sector size nvme format --lbaf=1 --force $DISK nvme id-ns -H $DISK sleep 5 # create partition table on all disks and EFI partition for D in $DISK $DISK2 $DISK3; do # kill old data sgdisk --zap-all $D blkdiscard -v $D wipefs -a $D sleep 5 # create partitions parted $D -- mklabel gpt sgdisk -n 1:0:+1024M -c 1:"EFI System Partition" -t 1:EF00 $D sgdisk -n 2:0:0 -c 2:"Linux" -t 2:8e00 $D parted $D -- set 1 boot on # boot partition mkfs.fat -F 32 -n EFIBOOT $D-part1 done # take a look at the partitions lsblk # ZFS zpool creation with compression and encryption zpool create \ -o ashift=13 \ -o autotrim=off \ -O acltype=posixacl \ -O atime=off \ -O canmount=off \ -O compression=on \ -O dnodesize=auto \ -O utf8only=on \ -O normalization=formD \ -O xattr=sa \ -O mountpoint=none \ -O encryption=on \ -O keylocation=prompt \ -O keyformat=passphrase \ zpool $DISK-part2 $DISK2-part2 $DISK3-part2 sleep 5 # take a look at the partitions lsblk # show the pool zpool status sleep 5 # create all the volumes zfs create -o mountpoint=legacy zpool/data zfs create -o mountpoint=legacy zpool/nix zfs create -o mountpoint=legacy zpool/root sleep 5 # show the pool zpool status sleep 5 # create ZFS snapshot that we'll rollback to on boot # see https://ryanseipp.com/post/nixos-encrypted-root/ zfs snapshot zpool/root@blank sleep 5 # prepare install, root mount -t zfs zpool/root /mnt # Create directories to mount file systems on mkdir -p /mnt/{data,nix,boot,root,etc/nixos} # mount the ESP mount $DISK-part1 /mnt/boot # mount volumes mount -t zfs zpool/data /mnt/data mount -t zfs zpool/nix /mnt/nix # bind mount persistent stuff to data mkdir -p /mnt/data/{root,nixos/$HOST} mount --bind /mnt/data/root /mnt/root mount --bind /mnt/data/nixos/$HOST /mnt/etc/nixos # create fake /data to have the right paths mkdir -p /data mount --bind /mnt/data /data # take a look mount # configure nixos-generate-config --root /mnt # check /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix # copy config data from another machine including secrets doas scp -r /data/nixos root@192.168.13.171:/mnt/data # install nixos-install --option experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' --no-root-passwd --root /mnt # unmount all stuff and sync umount -Rl /data /mnt zpool export -a sync # shutdown once shutdown now # sync all /data after the install doas rsync -va --delete --one-file-system /data/ root@192.168.13.171:/data/