nixos-config/docs/xps-setup-log.md

XPS 13 Plus 9320 setup log

Windows

• create bootable usb stick from windows 11 pro iso
• download Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver from Dell's driver page and extract it to the usb stick
• connect dock with power and lan
• boot from usb stick
• load additional driver in partitioning screen from extracted IRST's production/windows10-x64/15063/Drivers/VMD directory
• install using whole disk

Nixos

• create bootable usb stick from installer iso

• connect dock with power and lan

• boot from usb stick

• set keyboard layout

• run gparted

• shrink windows data partition

• create 512 MB fat32 boot partition /dev/nvme0n1p5 with an esp and boot flag

• create unformatted partition from rest /dev/nvme0n1p6

• encrypt and open unformatted partition:

  cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat /dev/nvme0n1p6
  cryptsetup -v luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p6 nixos
  

• create lvm volumes:

  pvcreate /dev/mapper/nixos
  vgcreate nixos /dev/mapper/nixos
  lvcreate -L 32G -n swap nixos
  lvcreate -L 128 -n root nixos
  lvcreate -L 128 -n docker nixos
  lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n home nixos
  

• format partitions:

  mkswap -L swap /dev/nixos/swap
  mkfs.ext4 -L root /dev/nixos/root
  mkfs.ext4 -L home /dev/nixos/home
  mkfs.ext4 -L docker /dev/nixos/docker
  

• mount filesystems:

  mount /dev/disk/by-label/root /mnt/
  mkdir -p /mnt/home
  mount /dev/disk/by-label/home /mnt/home
  mkdir -p /mnt/var/lib/docker
  mount /dev/disk/by-label/docker /mnt/var/lib/docker
  mkdir -p /mnt/boot
  mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot/
  swapon /dev/disk/by-label/swap
  

• generate nixos config: nixos-generate-config --root /mnt

• change hostname: sed -i 's/# networking\.hostName.*/networking.hostName = "xps";/' /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix

• enable sshd with root login in /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix:

  services.openssh = {
    enable = true;
    settings.PermitRootLogin = "yes";
  };
  

• configure luks initrd device:

  boot.initrd.luks.devices = {
    nixos = {
      device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/`blkid /dev/nvme0n1p6`";
      preLVM = true;
    };
  };
  

• run install and reboot:

  nixos-install
  reboot
  

• from other nixos, copy config to xps: scp -r nixos-config root@xps:

• ssh to xps: ssh root@xps

• edit config:

  • clone p330 machine config and edit:
    • set hostname in configuration.nix
    • delete home-mandlm.nix
    • replace hardware-configuration.nix with /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix
  • in flake.nix, add new machine block
  • rename /etc/nixos for backup
  • move config to /etc/nixos

• rebuild with new config: nixos-rebuild switch