Hi everybody,
I’ve been struggling with the successful installation of NixOS beside an already existing OpenSUSE 15.3. They are supposed to share /home, swap, and /boot/efi.
Following output is from the nixos installation USB
[nixos@nixos:/mnt]$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 1.3G 1 loop /nix/.ro-store
sda 8:0 1 14.4G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 1 14.4G 0 part
│ └─ventoy 254:0 0 1.4G 1 dm /iso
└─sda2 8:2 1 32M 0 part
nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi #shared /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 62.2G 0 part # encrypted swap
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 250G 0 part # encrypted opensuse /home
├─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 300G 0 part # encrypted opensuse /
└─nvme0n1p5 259:5 0 318.8G 0 part # encrypted NixOS installation
└─cr_root 254:1 0 318.8G 0 crypt /mnt
/mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
# Edit this configuration file to define what should be installed on
# your system. Help is available in the configuration.nix(5) man page
# and in the NixOS manual (accessible by running ‘nixos-help’).
{ config, pkgs, ... }:
{
imports =
[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
./hardware-configuration.nix
];
# Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
boot.loader.grub = {
# efiInstallAsRemovable = true;
enableCryptodisk = true;
useOSProber = true;
};
boot.loader.efi.efiSysMountPoint = "/boot/efi";
boot.initrd.preFailCommands =
"echo dev mapper\n" +
"ls -l /dev/mapper\n" +
"echo dev UUID\n" +
"ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid\n"
;
# networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
# networking.wireless.enable = true; # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
# Set your time zone.
# time.timeZone = "Europe/Amsterdam";
# The global useDHCP flag is deprecated, therefore explicitly set to false here.
# Per-interface useDHCP will be mandatory in the future, so this generated config
# replicates the default behaviour.
networking.useDHCP = false;
networking.interfaces.enp2s0.useDHCP = true;
networking.interfaces.wlo1.useDHCP = true;
# Configure network proxy if necessary
# networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
# networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
# Select internationalisation properties.
# i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
# console = {
# font = "Lat2-Terminus16";
# keyMap = "us";
# };
# Enable the X11 windowing system.
services.xserver.enable = true;
# Enable the Plasma 5 Desktop Environment.
services.xserver.displayManager.sddm.enable = true;
services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.enable = true;
services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.user = "jojo";
services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma5.enable = true;
# Configure keymap in X11
# services.xserver.layout = "us";
# services.xserver.xkbOptions = "eurosign:e";
# Enable CUPS to print documents.
# services.printing.enable = true;
# Enable sound.
# sound.enable = true;
# hardware.pulseaudio.enable = true;
# Enable touchpad support (enabled default in most desktopManager).
# services.xserver.libinput.enable = true;
# Define a user account. Don't forget to set a password with ‘passwd’.
users.users.jojo = {
isNormalUser = true;
home = "/home/jojo";
extraGroups = [ "wheel" ]; # Enable ‘sudo’ for the user.
};
# List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
# $ nix search wget
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
wget
firefox
chromium
];
# Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
# started in user sessions.
# programs.mtr.enable = true;
# programs.gnupg.agent = {
# enable = true;
# enableSSHSupport = true;
# };
# List services that you want to enable:
# Enable the OpenSSH daemon.
# services.openssh.enable = true;
# Open ports in the firewall.
# networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
# networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
# Or disable the firewall altogether.
# networking.firewall.enable = false;
# This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
# settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
# on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
# this value at the release version of the first install of this system.
# Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
# (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
system.stateVersion = "21.05"; # Did you read the comment?
}
/mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
# Do not modify this file! It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
# and may be overwritten by future invocations. Please make changes
# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
{
imports =
[ (modulesPath + "/installer/scan/not-detected.nix")
];
boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "nvme" "xhci_pci" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "rtsx_pci_sdmmc" ];
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
boot.initrd.supportedFilesystems = [ "btrfs" ];
boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-amd" ];
boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
# Root
boot.initrd.luks.devices."cr_root".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/addf4189-1770-4575-ae52-4a46d51eebdf";
fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/mapper/cr_root";
#fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/b862b21d-cf43-469f-95d7-ae51098bfb9f";
fileSystems."/boot/efi/".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/6FB6-5F64" ;
fileSystems."/boot/efi/".mountPoint = "/boot/efi";
# Home
boot.initrd.luks.devices."cr_home".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/69f8d66f-45d1-4047-8161-841dc704128a";
fileSystems."/home".device = "/dev/mapper/cr_home";
#fileSystems."/home".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/0175d2f8-aa4a-487c-bbc4-990624a59c1e";
# Swap
boot.initrd.luks.devices."cr_swap".device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/863d9154-aeca-4e01-bc10-532cd2c59517";
swapDevices = [
{ device = "/dev/mapper/cr_swap" ; }
#{ device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/ea99d871-f581-47ce-bb23-4065799cf803" ; }
];
}
Problems
This is the 5th or so iteration of trying to get this to work.
I was trying to fix something along the lines of mount /dev/mapper/cr_root on /mnt-root failed: no such file or directory. However, the output of boot.initrd.preFailCommands was showing that the partitions were being decrypted, but weren’t mounted under /mnt-root for some reason.
Now, it doesn’t get past
[nixos@nixos:/mnt]$ sudo nixos-install
building the configuration in /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix...
/nix/store/bnbspvq0acxdnj55kwm5hxysflajnbrd-nixos-system-nixos-21.05.3862.8fe3b97ef45
copying channel...
installing the boot loader...
setting up /etc...
Failed to check file system type of "/boot/efi": No such file or directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/nix/store/aaxli88rvjhvf74xn545l1m2gdd65f40-systemd-boot", line 274, in <module>
main()
File "/nix/store/aaxli88rvjhvf74xn545l1m2gdd65f40-systemd-boot", line 212, in main
subprocess.check_call(["/nix/store/n5j5fjn60nhck658j9ab84k8n9z24n1r-systemd-247.6/bin/bootctl", "--path=/boot/efi", "install"])
File "/nix/store/32q6ryrb860sksdi1al5djg3pgcpq92l-python3-3.8.11/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 364, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/nix/store/n5j5fjn60nhck658j9ab84k8n9z24n1r-systemd-247.6/bin/bootctl', '--path=/boot/efi', 'install']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
As seen in lsblk /boot/efi is vfat and I can boot with OpenSuse into it:
[nixos@nixos:/mnt]$ /nix/store/n5j5fjn60nhck658j9ab84k8n9z24n1r-systemd-247.6/bin/bootctl --path=/boot/efi | cat
System:
Firmware: n/a (n/a)
Secure Boot: disabled
Setup Mode: setup
Boot into FW: supported
Current Boot Loader:
Product: n/a
Features: ✗ Boot counting
✗ Menu timeout control
✗ One-shot menu timeout control
✗ Default entry control
✗ One-shot entry control
✗ Support for XBOOTLDR partition
✗ Support for passing random seed to OS
✗ Boot loader sets ESP partition information
ESP: n/a
File: └─n/a
Random Seed:
Passed to OS: no
System Token: set
Exists: yes
Available Boot Loaders on ESP:
ESP: /boot/efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/46cfbc96-484e-4d4a-b891-113aa7849aeb)
File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi (systemd-boot 247)
File: └─/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi (systemd-boot 247)
Boot Loaders Listed in EFI Variables:
Title: opensuse-secureboot
ID: 0x0000
Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/46cfbc96-484e-4d4a-b891-113aa7849aeb
File: └─/EFI/opensuse/shim.efi
Title: openSUSE
ID: 0x0002
Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/46cfbc96-484e-4d4a-b891-113aa7849aeb
File: └─/EFI/opensuse/grubx64.efi
Title: Linux Boot Manager
ID: 0x0003
Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/46cfbc96-484e-4d4a-b891-113aa7849aeb
File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi
Boot Loader Entries:
$BOOT: /boot/efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/46cfbc96-484e-4d4a-b891-113aa7849aeb)
Default Boot Loader Entry:
title: NixOS (Generation 9 NixOS 21.05.3862.8fe3b97ef45, Linux Kernel 5.10.73, Built on 2021-10-22)
id: nixos-generation-9.conf
source: /boot/efi/loader/entries/nixos-generation-9.conf
version: Generation 9 NixOS 21.05.3862.8fe3b97ef45, Linux Kernel 5.10.73, Built on 2021-10-22
machine-id: 54f217fb66c049e1a6559accd6a6a824
linux: /efi/nixos/f7531av858f46xaqgwik45053x5pbfa6-linux-5.10.73-bzImage.efi
initrd: /efi/nixos/skwk6038nij8chp1wq65bhszg4zib94q-initrd-linux-5.10.73-initrd.efi
options: init=/nix/store/w5ji8mry4j001swic5fv5cbf7hq6lshd-nixos-system-nixos-21.05.3862.8fe3b97ef45/init loglevel=4
Has anybody done something similar before and gotten it to work with NixOS?
A graphical installer would be immensely appreciated.
Others feel it’s a bit pointless since you’ll start diving right into learning nix next, and you’ll get to enjoy chasing down similarly difficult stuff on that end before long.