docs: unify usage of disk-config.nix
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@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ A simple disko configuration may look like this:
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```
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If you'd saved this configuration in /tmp/disko-config.nix, and wanted to create
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If you'd saved this configuration in /tmp/disk-config.nix, and wanted to create
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a disk named /dev/sda, you would run the following command to partition,
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format and mount the disk.
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```console
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sudo nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko /tmp/disko-config.nix
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sudo nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko /tmp/disk-config.nix
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```
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## Related Tools
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@@ -68,24 +68,24 @@ In Step 1, you chose a disk layout configuration from the
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and made a note of its URL.
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Your configuration needs to be saved on the new machine for example
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as /tmp/disko-config.nix. You can do this using the `curl` command to download
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as /tmp/disk-config.nix. You can do this using the `curl` command to download
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from the url you noted above, using the `-o` option to save the file as
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disko-config.nix. Your commands would look like this if you had chosen the
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disk-config.nix. Your commands would look like this if you had chosen the
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hybrid layout:
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```console
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cd /tmp
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curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/disko/master/example/hybrid.nix -o /tmp/disko-config.nix
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curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/disko/master/example/hybrid.nix -o /tmp/disk-config.nix
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```
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### Step 5: Adjust the device in the disk configuration
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Inside the disko-config.nix the device needs to point to the correct disk name.
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Inside the disk-config.nix the device needs to point to the correct disk name.
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Open the configuration in your favorite editor i.e.:
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```console
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nano /tmp/disko-config.nix
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nano /tmp/disk-config.nix
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```
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Replace `<disk-name>` with the name of your disk obtained in Step 1.
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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The following step will partition and format your disk, and mount it to `/mnt`.
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**Please note: This will erase any existing data on your disk.**
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```console
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sudo nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko /tmp/disko-config.nix
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sudo nix --experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run github:nix-community/disko -- --mode disko /tmp/disk-config.nix
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```
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After the command has run, your file system should have been formatted and
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@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ the NixOS installation as described in the
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[NixOS manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-installation) -
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see the section headed "**Installing**", Steps 3 onwards. However, you will need
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to include the partitioning and formatting configurations that you copied into
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`/tmp/disko-config.nix` in your configuration, rather than allowing NixOS to
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`/tmp/disk-config.nix` in your configuration, rather than allowing NixOS to
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generate information about your file systems. When you are configuring the
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system as per Step 4 of the manual, you should:
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a) Include the `no-filesystems` switch when using the `nixos-generate-config`
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command to generate an initial `configuration.nix`. You will be supplying the
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file system configuration details from `disko-config.nix`. Your CLI command to
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file system configuration details from `disk-config.nix`. Your CLI command to
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generate the configuration will be:
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```console
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@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ This will create the file `configuration.nix` in `/mnt/etc/nixos`.
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b) Move the `disko` configuration to /etc/nixos
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```console
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mv /tmp/disko-config.nix /mnt/etc/nixos
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mv /tmp/disk-config.nix /mnt/etc/nixos
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```
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c) You can now edit `configuration.nix` as per your requirements. This is
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@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ NixOS configuration in the manual:
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[Example: NixOS Configuration](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#ex-config).
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d) When editing `configuration.nix`, you will need to add the `disko` NixOS
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module and `disko-config.nix` to the imports section. This section will already
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module and `disk-config.nix` to the imports section. This section will already
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include the file `./hardware-configuration.nix`, and you can add the new entries
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just below this. This section will now include:
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@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ imports =
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[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
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./hardware-configuration.nix
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"${builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/nix-community/disko/archive/master.tar.gz"}/module.nix"
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./disko-config.nix
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./disk-config.nix
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];
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```
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