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  • NixOS in Crostini (Part 1)

    On a machine with Nix and nixos-generate:

    nixos-generate -f lxc
nixos-generate -f lxc-metadata

    Copy the files generated to the ChromeOS device.
    Open crosh

    crosh> vsh termina
(termina) chronos@localhost ~ $ lxc image import /mnt/shared/MyFiles/Downloads/nixos-system-metadata.tar.xz /mnt/shared/MyFiles/Downloads/nixos-system.tar.xz --alias=nixos
(termina) chronos@localhost ~ $ lxc launch nixos nix

    At this time, the LXC container does not show up in the terminal. To enter the container use the following commands in crosh

    crosh> vsh termina
(termina) chronos@localhost ~ $ lxc list
(termina) chronos@localhost ~ $ lxc console nix

    If the container is not running, run lxc start nix to start the container

    (termina) chronos@localhost ~ $ lxc start nix

    Need to look into the Crostini Container Guest Utilities and having them embedded in the NixOS image as well as configuration for running inside of a LXC container.