Bootstrap on bare metal: #

NixOS (with nixos install media) #

• format disks and generate hardware config:

  $ sudo -s
  # loadkeys neo
  # nix-shell -p nixUnstable
  # ./install.sh
  

• copy /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix to the relevant host directory

• set the value of boot.initrd.luks.devices.root.device; use /dev/disk/by-uuid

• install the config with nixos-install --flake ...

OSX / nix-darwin #

• install Determinate Nix (i.e., with install --determinate)

• install nix-darwin

  sudo nix run nix-darwin/master#darwin-rebuild -- switch --flake ...