README_en.md

How to install?

Minimal installation (including wm, no tmpfs as root), go to here

How to install ?(root on tmpfs)

0. Prepare a 64-bit nixos minimal iso image and burn it, then enter the live system. Suppose I have divided two partitions /dev/nvme0n1p1 /dev/nvme0n1p3
1. Format the partition

  mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
  mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3

2. Mount

  mount -t tmpfs none /mnt
  mkdir -p /mnt/{boot,nix,etc/nixos}
  mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/nix
  mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
  mkdir -p /mnt/nix/persist/etc/nixos
  mount -o bind /mnt/nix/persist/etc/nixos /mnt/etc/nixos

3. Generate a basic configuration

  nixos-generate-config --root /mnt

4. Clone the repository locally

nix-shell -p git
git clone  https://github.com/Ruixi-rebirth/flakes.git /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes
cd /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/
nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command --extra-experimental-features flakes

5. Copy hardware-configuration.nix from /mnt/etc/nixos to /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/hosts/laptop/hardware-configuration.nix

cp /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/hosts/laptop/hardware-configuration.nix

6. Modify the overwritten hardware-configuration.nix

nvim /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/hosts/laptop/hardware-configuration.nix

...
#This is just an example
#Please refer to `https://elis.nu/blog/2020/05/nixos-tmpfs-as-root/#step-4-1-configure-disks`

  fileSystems."/" =
    { device = "none";
      fsType = "tmpfs";
      options = [ "defaults" "size=8G" "mode=755"  ];
    };

  fileSystems."/nix" =
    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/49e24551-c0e0-48ed-833d-da8289d79cdd";
      fsType = "ext4";
    };

  fileSystems."/boot" =
    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/3C0D-7D32";
      fsType = "vfat";
    };

  fileSystems."/etc/nixos" =
    { device = "/nix/persist/etc/nixos";
      fsType = "none";
      options = [ "bind" ];
    };
...

7. remove '/mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/.git'

rm -rf .git

8. Username modification: edit /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/flake.nix to modify user variable, hostname modification: edit /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/hosts/system.nix to modify* The hostName value in the networking property group

9. Use the hash password generated by the mkpasswd {PASSWORD} -m sha-512 command to replace the value of users.users.<name>.hashedPassword in /mnt/etc/nixos/Flakes/hosts/laptop/wayland/default.nix ( there is two place needs to be displace )

10. Select Window Manager

    Wayland: uncomment this line and this line, comment this line and this line

Hyprland: uncomment this line and this line, comment this line and this line

Sway: uncomment this line and this line, comment this line and this line

Xorg: uncomment this line and this line, comment this line and this line

Bspwm: default

11. Select a theme

    Wayland

here choose the one you want

Xorg

nord: default

12. Perform install

nixos-install --no-root-passwd --flake .#laptop

13. Reboot

reboot

14. Enjoy it!