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by peterburkimsher 2037 days ago
I tried to install NIX, but the graphical installer wouldn't boot. I'd have the option to choose it in GRUB, but it went to a command-line.

Then when I tried the text-based install, it couldn't see my NVME disk.
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thomastjeffery 2036 days ago
> I tried to install NIX, but the graphical installer wouldn't boot.

I've had the same issue. Nix uses KDE Plasma by default, which uses a compositor that struggles with some video drivers.

Fortunately, installing from command line is practically the same, especially if you do your partitioning beforehand.

> Then when I tried the text-based install, it couldn't see my NVME disk.

That's a more unique problem. I'm not sure what to do about it either. Did /dev/nvme0n1 just never populate? My best guess is that you booted emulated BIOS instead of UEFI.

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adkadskhj 2037 days ago
Weird, i stumbled through NixOS, a dual boot grub setup, and backed by NVME with no issues and very little Linux information to start with.

Currently on NixOS btw, been a great experience from it so far.

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peterburkimsher 2037 days ago
My SSD is an Intel 660P, if that helps debugging in any way. Installing using nixos-gnome-20.09.1889.58f9c4c7d3a-x86_64-linux.iso.
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microtonal 2036 days ago
I also have an Intel 660P, works fine with NixOS. It shows up as /dev/nvme0n1 .
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