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authorDoron Behar <doron.behar@gmail.com>2020-11-13 10:50:32 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-11-13 10:50:32 +0200
commit8769c817f4f0af85f0ee1f166872ba7db9b2ed55 (patch)
tree476235d159c14584a937f224eed4d588ef39bd58 /nixos/doc
parent440c5808a18980909ca2eb349d4819d266967e49 (diff)
parentbe0555b8a84b6c3813e58492f232a3714b891424 (diff)
Merge pull request #75615 from FSMaxB/patch-1
Add note about installing NixOS from distributions with /usr/sbin and…
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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
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--- 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