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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml index b140c56fbee1..dd1acba2168e 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml @@ -11,14 +11,9 @@ <listitem><para>Boot from the CD.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The CD contains a basic NixOS installation. (It - also contains Memtest86+, useful if you want to test new hardware.) + also contains Memtest86+, useful if you want to test new hardware). When it’s finished booting, it should have detected most of your - hardware and brought up networking (check - <command>ifconfig</command>). Networking is necessary for the - installer, since it will download lots of stuff (such as source - tarballs or Nixpkgs channel binaries). It’s best if you have a DHCP - server on your network. Otherwise configure networking manually - using <command>ifconfig</command>.</para></listitem> + hardware.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The NixOS manual is available on virtual console 8 (press Alt+F8 to access).</para></listitem> @@ -29,6 +24,16 @@ <listitem><para>If you downloaded the graphical ISO image, you can run <command>start display-manager</command> to start KDE.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The boot process should have brought up networking (check + <command>ifconfig</command>). Networking is necessary for the + installer, since it will download lots of stuff (such as source + tarballs or Nixpkgs channel binaries). It’s best if you have a DHCP + server on your network. Otherwise configure networking manually + using <command>ifconfig</command>.</para> + <para>To manually configure the network on the graphical installer, + first disable NetworkManager with + <command>stop NetworkManager</command>.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The NixOS installer doesn’t do any partitioning or formatting yet, so you need to that yourself. Use the following commands: |