update NixOS fdisk instructions based on my flow (18.03) #45478
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solves error `File system "/boot" is not on a GPT partition table`
I can actually confirm this as working for me now.
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I'm not sure why these are an improvement. My understanding is your clean install was overtop an existing set of partitions, and not actually to a clean disk. Am I misunderstanding? |
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Hi, thanks for asking. It's not that I wanted to preserve partitions -- I was wiping/repartitioning my SSD as part of this install. Changes included:
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Upon start, |
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I'll close as it doesn't appear clear whether this would be of use. |
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The tests in <nixos/tests/installer.nix> are using `parted`, so they are bound to be better tested than `fdisk`. This is brought on by a couple issues, plus reports on IRC that the `fdisk` instructions didn't work as expected. * NixOS#39354 * NixOS#46309 * NixOS#39942 * NixOS#45478 Care was taken so that the other documented steps did not need changes. In all this kerfufle, a slight re-organization of the Chapter has been made, allowing better deep linking.
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The tests in <nixos/tests/installer.nix> are using `parted`, so they are bound to be better tested than `fdisk`. This is brought on by a couple issues, plus reports on IRC that the `fdisk` instructions didn't work as expected. * #39354 * #46309 * #39942 * #45478 Care was taken so that the other documented steps did not need changes. In all this kerfufle, a slight re-organization of the Chapter has been made, allowing better deep linking. (cherry picked from commit 6cfbf40)
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The existing installation instructions did not quite match what I ran into on a clean install (NixOS 18.03) -- this PR alters the instructions to reflect my experience.