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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="ch-testing-installer">
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<title>Testing the Installer</title>
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<para>
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Building, burning, and booting from an installation CD is rather
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tedious, so here is a quick way to see if the installer works
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properly:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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# mount -t tmpfs none /mnt
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# nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
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$ nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.nixos-install
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# ./result/bin/nixos-install
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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To start a login shell in the new NixOS installation in
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<literal>/mnt</literal>:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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$ nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.nixos-enter
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# ./result/bin/nixos-enter
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</programlisting>
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</chapter>
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