40 lines
1.5 KiB
XML
40 lines
1.5 KiB
XML
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-booting-from-usb">
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<title>Booting from a USB Drive</title>
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<para>
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For systems without CD drive, the NixOS live CD can be booted from a USB
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stick. You can use the <command>dd</command> utility to write the image:
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<command>dd if=<replaceable>path-to-image</replaceable>
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of=<replaceable>/dev/sdX</replaceable></command>. Be careful about specifying
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the correct drive; you can use the <command>lsblk</command> command to get a
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list of block devices.
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<note>
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<title>On macOS</title>
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<para>
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </prompt>diskutil list
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[..]
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/dev/diskN (external, physical):
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#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
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[..]
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<prompt>$ </prompt>diskutil unmountDisk diskN
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Unmount of all volumes on diskN was successful
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<prompt>$ </prompt>sudo dd if=nix.iso of=/dev/rdiskN
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</screen>
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Using the 'raw' <command>rdiskN</command> device instead of
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<command>diskN</command> completes in minutes instead of hours. After
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<command>dd</command> completes, a GUI dialog "The disk you inserted was
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not readable by this computer" will pop up, which can be ignored.
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</para>
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</note>
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</para>
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<para>
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The <command>dd</command> utility will write the image verbatim to the drive,
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making it the recommended option for both UEFI and non-UEFI installations.
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</para>
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</section>
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