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authorMateusz Czapliński <czapkofan@gmail.com>2017-03-24 18:05:08 +0100
committerMateusz Czapliński <czapkofan@gmail.com>2017-03-24 18:05:08 +0100
commit54e7857eaf82bf824ad8d21eadef470c897a642f (patch)
tree769a838bf79376ff703fcff4b21769498deddad8 /microsoft
parent6874b73d558267db0056d7f406a411b0f2954913 (diff)
microsoft/hyper-v: add forgotten overcommit_memory
Diffstat (limited to 'microsoft')
-rw-r--r--microsoft/hyper-v-guest.md5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/microsoft/hyper-v-guest.md b/microsoft/hyper-v-guest.md
index 3faa258..f396214 100644
--- a/microsoft/hyper-v-guest.md
+++ b/microsoft/hyper-v-guest.md
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ with cloning the nixos-hardware repo at this stage):
# REQUIRED - see: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/issues/9899
boot.initrd.kernelModules = ["hv_vmbus" "hv_storvsc"];
- # OPTIONAL - use 800x600 resolution for text console, to make it easy to fit on screen
+ # RECOMMENDED
+ # - use 800x600 resolution for text console, to make it easy to fit on screen
boot.kernelParams = ["video=hyperv_fb:800x600"]; # https://askubuntu.com/a/399960
+ # - avoid a problem with `nix-env -i` running out of memory
+ boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.overcommit_memory" = "1"; # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/421
# UNKNOWN - not sure if below are needed; were suggested for VirtualBox and I used them
boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";