[Nix-dev] Where would I put the bootstrapping guide?

Joachim Schiele js at lastlog.de
Wed Apr 29 13:09:21 CEST 2015


On 29.04.2015 04:25, Jookia wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Recently I've bootstrapped NixOS on to a new ARM platform from an 
> existing Debian install on the same platform. I figured this is useful 
> knowledge so I've written up some documentation which I'm in the process 
> of convert to Docbook. It's kind of a tutorial but expects users to 
> modify commands.

oh nice, which platform?

> The guide includes how to install Nix, the NixOS installer and finally 
> NixOS on a system such as Debian. It's three sections long and intended 
> for development and porting NixOS to new platforms.
> 
> I originally wrote it for inclusion in the Wiki but I'm barred from it 
> as I use Tor, so I'm beginning to wonder if there's a place for it in 
> the official documentation around the installation section. The 
> obviously place would be in the installer section but it focuses on 
> using a CD.
> 
> Any suggestions? I'd really love to make it easier to install NixOS when 
> there isn't already an installer image.

you could also write docbook syntax offline and then upload your stuff
using a git-pull request. a good place would probably be the nixos
documentation.




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