# Haku My (maybe) future phone OS configuration. Forked from [this great repo](https://github.com/plmercereau/nixos-pi-zero-2). --- # Building a NixOS SD image for a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w ## 1. Update `zero2w.nix` In particular, don't forget: - to configure your wifi - to add an admin user able to connect through ssh ## 2. Build the image #### - On arm processor ```sh nix build -L .#nixosConfigurations.zero2w.config.system.build.sdImage ``` #### - On x86 processor : add this to your config : ```nix boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [ "aarch64-linux" ]; ``` and then run : ```sh nix build -L .#nixosConfigurations.zero2w.config.system.build.sdImage --system aarch64-linux ``` ## 3. Copy the image in your sd card ```sh DEVICE=/dev/disk5 # Whatever your sd card reader is sudo dd if=result/sd-image/zero2.img of=$DEVICE bs=1M conv=fsync status=progress ``` ## 4. Boot your Zero ## 5. From another machine, rebuild the system: ```sh ZERO2_IP= SSH_USER= nix run github:serokell/deploy-rs .#zero2w -- --ssh-user $SSH_USER --hostname $ZERO2_IP ``` ## Notes - The Zero 2 doesn't have enough RAM to build itself. An initial lead was to create a swap partition, but it turns out it was a bad idea, as it would have decreased the sd card lifetime (sd cards don't like many write operations). A `zram` swap is not big enough to work. Hence the use of `deploy-rs`. - Note that `nixos-rebuild --target-host` would work instead of using `deploy-rs`. but as `nixos-rebuild` is not available on Darwin, I'm using `deploy-rs` that works both on NixOS and Darwin. - I still couldn't find a way to use `boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxKernel.packages.linux_rpi3`. - the `sdImage.extraFirmwareConfig` option is not ideal as it cannot update `config.txt` after it is created in the sd image. ## See also - [this issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/216886) - [this gist](https://gist.github.com/plmercereau/0c8e6ed376dc77617a7231af319e3d29) --- # mine update ```sh nix run github:serokell/deploy-rs .#zero2w -- --ssh-user penwing --hostname 192.168.1.33 ```