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| author | Max Bruckner <max@maxbruckner.de> | 2019-12-13 20:42:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Doron Behar <doron.behar@gmail.com> | 2020-11-13 10:30:20 +0200 |
| commit | be0555b8a84b6c3813e58492f232a3714b891424 (patch) | |
| tree | 8baafe70911ad91fa06b376187baf05cc72ef052 /nixos/doc/manual/installation | |
| parent | d9b1cb289651718ac137b0587c6aef5bdd40c8cf (diff) | |
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nixos/doc: Add note about /usr/sbin and /sbin
An installation from Debian buster may fail without adding /usr/sbin to $PATH because chroot is not in the PATH of a non-root user.
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml index 8ed45899fd7..2947f9d5a0b 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml @@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ nixpkgs https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen> existing systems without the help of a rescue USB drive or similar. </para> </warning> + <note> + <para> + On some distributions there are separate PATHS for programs intended only for root. + In order for the installation to succeed, you might have to use <literal>PATH="$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 |