On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:51:48AM +0100, Jakob Gillich wrote: > Oh and a switch to simply wipe the old system could be useful. One can > always redeploy the old OS if something goes wrong.
A switch to clear the old system is a good idea; I think that can be done without too much difficulty. Cheers, Jeaye > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015, at 08:59 PM, jeaye wrote: > > Folks, > > > > In hopes of getting NixOS onto DigitalOcean, and other VPS providers, > > I've created https://github.com/jeaye/nixos-in-place > > > > nixos-in-place can be used for other purposes, outside of VPSs, for > > installing NixOS on top of any existing distro. However, where it shines > > is converting existing VPSs into NixOS without any live media. > > > > I know there's a great deal of work being done, by aszlig, on the > > nixos-assimilate project which covers much of the same ground as > > nixos-in-place. Currently, nixos-assimilate isn't usable; however, once > > it is, I do believe there won't be a need for nixos-in-place anymore. > > nixos-assimilate appears to be a much more complete solution and will > > likely result in a much more nix-y experience. > > > > Until then, with love, I hope the NixOS community is able to enjoy NixOS > > systems on providers which otherwise would have more limited options. > > > > nixos-in-place is very new software; please take any issues or requests > > to the Github issue tracker. Feel free to ping me in IRC. > > > > Cheers, > > Jeaye > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev