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```console
$ mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
$ mkdir -p /mnt/boot && mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot # UEFI only
$ swapon /dev/$your_swap_partition
$ swapon /dev/disk/by-label/swap
```
Add some extra space to the store. In the iso, it's running on a tmpfs
off your RAM:
```console
$ mkdir -p /mnt/tmpstore/{work,store}
$ mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=/nix/store,upperdir=/mnt/tmpstore/store,workdir=/mnt/tmpstore/work /nix/store
```
## Install
Install using the `flk` wrapper baked into the iso off of a copy of devos
from the time the iso was built:
Install off of a copy of devos from the time the iso was built:
```console
$ cd /iso/devos
$ nix develop
$ flk install NixOS --impure # use same host as above
$ nixos-install --flake .#NixOS
```
<!-- TODO: find out why --impure is necesary / PRs welcome! -->
## Notes of interest
### Remote access to the live installer
The iso live installer comes preconfigured with a network configuration
which announces it's hostname via [MulticastDNS][mDNS] as `hostname.local`,
that is `NixOS.local` in the [iso example](./iso).
that is `bootstrap.local` in the [iso example](./iso).
In the rare case that [MulticastDNS][mDNS] is not availabe or turned off
in your network, there is a static link-local IPv6 address configured to
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following options:
```console
ssh root@NixOS.local
ssh root@bootstrap.local
ssh root@fe80::47%eno1 # where eno1 is your network interface on which you are linked to the target
```

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# ISO
Making and writing an installable iso for `hosts/NixOS.nix` is as simple as:
Making and writing an installable iso for `hosts/bootstrap.nix` is as simple as:
```sh
bud build NixOS bootstrapIso
dd bs=4M if=result/iso/*.iso of=/dev/$your_installation_device \
status=progress oflag=sync
bud build bootstrap bootstrapIso
sudo -E $(which bud) burn
```
This works for any host.