[Nix-dev] nix-dev Digest, Vol 116, Issue 5

[Alexey Muranov]

> On 2 February 2015 at 16:26, Carlo Nucera <meditans at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Could anyone clarify the case of installing nixos via usb stick with
>> UEFI in the manual here:
>> http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/sec-installation.html
>> 
>> In particular, the phrase `Change the label of the disk partition to
>> the label of the ISO (visible with the blkid command)` means that I
>> should change the name of the drive to something like
>> `nixos-graphical-14.12.335.676e8d7-x86_64-linux.iso`?
> 
> No, it should be something like NIXOS_ISO (if I remember correctly).
> But running `blkid` should tell you the exact name.
> 
> - Bj?rn

In case it may help, here are my instructions for MacBook:

http://superuser.com/questions/795879/how-to-configure-dual-boot-nixos-with-mac-os-x-on-an-uefi-macbook

Alexey.