Im not able to install or rly for that matter boot the live media for NixOS into my system to install it onto my pc for it keeps getting stuck at the cursor then it stops blinking and reading my usb drive. so thus im unsure of what i need to do in order to boot into my usb drive for NixOS 
tried using dd, tried using ventoy, tried using rufus normally, tried using anything and everything else. but to no avail it hasnt worked at all. so what else do i have left todo then?
have you tried the āminimalā ISO? Maybe try various versions (current version, unstable, older version)
What is the last thing you see before it goes to the āblank screen with blinking cursorā?
Thereās a known bug in the images where files in the uefi partition are in lower case which some bios/firmware implementations donāt like ā¦ on my one machine that has problems it just returns to the boot device menu, but possibly yours is reacting differently to the same problem?
Is there an open issue for that EFI case sensitivity thing @srd424? Because that sounds like a pretty easy bug to fix.
Also, @CalebOWolf is this system booting legacy BIOS or UEFI? I mean this isnāt what I would expect to see in either case, but it might be useful info either way.
Oh, and when you tried dd, did you make sure to either add conv=fsync to the command, or run sync after it was done? Again, this isnāt what I would expect to see if that were the problem, but still could be useful.
Finally, have you tried different drives? Sometimes the drive you put the installer on is just busted somehow.
UEFI
i did a dd with rufus just now
i havent done a diff drive yet though i could do that?
I will rollback versions toward 21.xx/22 hell 20 if its stiff refusing
I have no idea if rufus can be expected to work. The simplest thing, and indeed all that NixOS really attempts to guarantee will work, is to just dd the ISO directly onto the drive (again, either with conv=fsync in the command or with a call to sync after itās done)
got it will be trying this if my testing last tme dosent work
anyone here know how to do a manual install for UEFI? without swap? and with a configuration.nix and whatever else i need todo? because im now sick and tired of this just flat out not cooperating i know within the minimal it will be working for what i need it to be doing
with the instance of installing whatever de and wm i want
The NixOS manual has a section on installation that covers both the graphical and manual installation steps: NixOS Manual
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Iām away from home with lower connectivity then usual, but Iāll try to track down some links. Itās definitely come up here on the forum before.
I think in the end on my machine I ended up either booting an Ubuntu live environment and manually installing, or using netboot.xyz, I forget which worked in the end. I know it was a rather annoying battle 
Nodnod i just need to figure out simple installation method for minimal that i hope it works because im also away atm too :3
Oh look, I commented on that github thread 
Guess I forgot about that one.
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Iāve had similar issues with the graphical ISO, caused by missing Nvidia drivers.
Simple installation from the minimal ISO: NixOS Manual
If you make sure to enable the appropriate drivers in the configuration.nix as you perform the installation that will probably work 
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