[Nix-dev] Nix OS installation problems - Where's the hard drive?

[Joseph Joe]

David, the command

$ nix-build "<nixpkgs/nixos/release.nix>" -A iso_graphical.x86_64-linux

worked and created an iso. I made a live usb with it, but the problem
persists. Upon booting, the only available hard drive is the usb.

So, the iso did not use the system configuration.nix file.

Alexander, could you elaborate on what I'd need to copy and change to
embed these kernel changes? I tried to add the same lines of code (...
SCSI_SAS_ATA y) into release.nix, but got an error saying that
release.nix is part of a read only file system.

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 1:10 AM, David Guibert <david.guibert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Joseph Joe <joej at reed.edu> wrote:
> > I now would like to create an image file from the configuration.
> >
> > I issued the command:
> > $ export NIX_PATH=$NIXREPOS
>
> check both variables
> $ echo $NIX_PATH
> /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos
>
> You could also set it to your working directory of nixpkgs.
>
> > But, the command:
> > $ nix-build -A iso_graphical.x86_64-linux $NIXREPOS/nixos/release.nix
>
> Do build an ISO, you could use
>
> $ nix-build "<nixpkgs/nixos/release.nix>" -A iso_graphical.x86_64-linux
>
> "<nixpkgs>" will be substituted by the path of nixpkgs by looking up
> inside $NIX_PATH.
> --
> Regards, David