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This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing NixOS on a single
disk system using Disko.
- 1. Download NixOS ISO images from the NixOS download page
1. Booting the installer
Download NixOS ISO images from the NixOS download page
(https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-iso) and create a bootable USB drive
following the instructions in [Section 2.4.1 "Booting from a USB flash drive"](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-booting-from-usb)
of the NixOS manual.
- 2. Identify the name of your system disk by using the lsblk command.
2. The disk name
Identify the name of your system disk by using the lsblk command.
```
$ lsblk
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partitions. Dual booting with other operating systems is not supported.
- 3. Choose a disk layout from the [examples directory](https://github.com/nix-community/disko/tree/master/example)
3. Disk layout
Choose a disk layout from the [examples directory](https://github.com/nix-community/disko/tree/master/example)
For those who are unsure of which layout to pick, use the hybrid configuration
found at https://github.com/nix-community/disko/blob/master/example/hybrid.nix
and save it as `/tmp/disko-config.nix`. This layout is compatible with both BIOS
and EFI systems.
- 4. The following step will reformat your disk and mount it to `/mnt`. Replace
`<disk-name>` with the name of your disk obtained in step 1.
4. Formatting
The following step will reformat your disk and mount it to `/mnt`. Replace `<disk-name>` with the name of your disk obtained in step 1.
Please note: This will erase any existing data on your disk.
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/dev/nvme0n1p2 on /mnt/boot type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
```
- 5. Generate and modify the NixOS configuration:
5. Rest of the NixOS installation:
Generate and modify the NixOS configuration.
You now need to create a file `/mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` that specifies
the intended configuration of the system. This is because NixOS has a