0setup.sh

parted /dev/vda -- mklabel gpt
parted /dev/vda -- mkpart primary 1GiB -8GiB
parted /dev/vda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100%

parted /dev/vda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 512MiB
parted /dev/vda -- set 3 esp on

mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/vda1
mkswap -L swap /dev/vda2
mkfs.fat -F 32 -n boot /dev/vda3

mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot

nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
# edit /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
nixos-install --no-root-passwd

configuration.nix

{ 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;

  virtualisation.rosetta.enable = true;
  nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
  nix.package = pkgs.nixUnstable;

  networking.hostName = "nixos"; 
  security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = false;

   users.users.will = {
     isNormalUser = true;
     openssh.authorizedKeys.keys =["ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIGq0NvOp8fyKAS3iHPad2Mz6cOVKNBIElLpnHMy9zNve" ];
     extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
     initialHashedPassword=""; # no password local login, still need key for ssh
   };

   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
     neovim
   ];

  services.openssh.enable = true;
  
  
  
  system.stateVersion = "23.05"; # Did you read the comment?
}

notes.md

links

https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/trunk-combined/nixos.iso_minimal.aarch64-linux

https://docs.getutm.app/advanced/rosetta/ https://krisztianfekete.org/nixos-on-apple-silicon-with-utm/ https://xyno.space/post/nixos-utm-rosetta