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author | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2020-11-13 20:58:35 +0100 |
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committer | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2020-11-13 20:58:35 +0100 |
commit | 463f738cc682811181f6818297db4ba7b660320c (patch) | |
tree | c6b95c835cdee6d950ab060822e8aa9d9d801fc5 /nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml | |
parent | f70fe4af35ec7f2599a0d7ee66ecc2ecdb73f913 (diff) | |
parent | 6e9b71f0e197a8e15a7b70eab6060147fa4ecaca (diff) | |
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml index f10a7d65887..43f69b923d1 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml @@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ nixpkgs https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen> existing systems without the help of a rescue USB drive or similar. </para> </warning> + <note> + <para> + On some distributions there are separate PATHS for programs intended only for root. + In order for the installation to succeed, you might have to use <literal>PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin"</literal> + in the following command. + </para> + </note> <screen><prompt>$ </prompt>sudo PATH="$PATH" NIX_PATH="$NIX_PATH" `which nixos-install` --root /mnt</screen> <para> Again, please refer to the <literal>nixos-install</literal> step in |