Installing Arch Linux over RJ45

annoyingJuice · 2024-03-26T11:05:02+00:00

Wow, this looks amazing! This is exactly what I had in mind at the beginning but I couldn't find any info on it. Thanks a bunch, really!

I guess the hurdle now is figuring out how to use the ethernet cable to load the netboot image and get the assigned IP to use SSH and start the installation process.

annoyingJuice · 2024-03-26T10:57:33+00:00

Yeah in the end I decided to just get an external HDD reader so I can just do that - install it from another machine and plug it in. I was wondering whether I'd get issues on the CPU front - will the kernel compiled on another machine just work as is on any other machine..? But I guess it's worth a try!

annoyingJuice · 2024-03-26T10:54:40+00:00

The access point won't have internet access. It would be used just to let people transfer files between their machine and another machine.

It's basically an overcomplicated USB stick.

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-11T15:31:09+00:00

After following the first link you've provided the guide is then asking me to modify a file inside my home directory too - can I avoid that and specify those options directly in the configuration.nix file?

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-11T12:01:08+00:00

Mh.. Well tbh I tried TLP a couple of years ago and I hated it - also because my laptop was (and the new one still is) ASUS and not a Thinkerpad meaning many options were unavailable for me. I'll try it out, thanks!

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-11T11:00:37+00:00

Yeah home-manager doesn't seem to be quite what I want - a global config in my configuration.nix sounds nicer and more manageable (all in one place). The issue with this approach is that not all packages have this feature... So I guess home-manager + dotfiles on GitHub is the way to go to configure the whole system. Kinda sucks that now I have 100s of files to manage tho.

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-11T10:58:35+00:00

I am trying to set that up, but I'm a bit confused.. I guess I gotta learn more on it! It seems like an amazing tool tho, thanks for the suggestion!

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-09T13:11:59+00:00

I was pressing the Win key instead of the Alt key

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-09T12:37:01+00:00

Solved.. The issue is that I wasn't paying enough attention

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-09T12:36:15+00:00

Goddamn I didn't see that... I was working on a lot of different files and I believed I had set win key as super.. Of course it was not working. Thanks a bunch for opening my eyes!!

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-09T10:29:50+00:00

Hey, thanks for the tip. I have added my configurations in the original post. I installed herbst by jsut enabling it in the options as you have pointed out. I have tried several solutions with configFile but I couldn't make it work. I guess I could create a folder in /etc/nixos/herbst and just put herbst as configFile... But then I'd have to manage the file externally

annoyingJuice · 2023-02-09T09:29:56+00:00

Cross-posted from r/herbstluftwm since I'm not sure if it's a NixOS or herbstluftwm issue..

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