Re: [Nix-dev] disk setup for nixos installation

2013-08-18 Thread Shea Levy
Hi Tim, Generally, in NixOS we achieve effects outside of the store in a two-phase process: We have derivations to create data (config files, systemd units, shell scripts, etc.) in the store that represent the end state we want (including a master activation script that joins all the rest

Re: [Nix-dev] where did hydra's tested view go?

2013-08-18 Thread Shea Levy
Hi Mathijs, See https://github.com/NixOS/hydra/issues/68#issuecomment-22698965 ~Shea On 8/17/13 3:40 PM, Mathijs Kwik wrote: It was quite useful to find out if the channel has issues. ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl

Re: [Nix-dev] disk setup for nixos installation

2013-08-18 Thread Aristid Breitkreuz
I believe Aszlig had actually done some work on automated partitioning for Nixops, but I'm not sure how far from ready for primetime it is. Cheers, Aristid 2013/8/18 Shea Levy s...@shealevy.com Hi Tim, Generally, in NixOS we achieve effects outside of the store in a two-phase process: We

Re: [Nix-dev] disk setup for nixos installation

2013-08-18 Thread Marc Weber
Excerpts from Aristid Breitkreuz's message of Sun Aug 18 19:16:15 +0200 2013: I believe Aszlig had actually done some work on automated partitioning for Nixops, but I'm not sure how far from ready for primetime it is. How to script partitionsing can be looked up in the test cases in nixos. Just