[Nix-dev] Question about chroot & nixos-install

[Christian Kauhaus]

Am 01.04.2016 um 14:32 schrieb Denis Paukaev:
> I would like to use 'nixos-install' to generate a chroot from another
> linux (such as Ubuntu), but also using a nixpkgs checkout of my choice.

I'd like to second that. I stumbled over the same issue a while ago and I did not find any documented solution.

I think installing NixOS into a mountpoint from another OS (where just nixpkgs available) is a common situation.

Anyone to present a workable procedure?

Regards
  Christian

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