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Sounded a bit unprofessional and pessimistic. Was actually called out on
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@ -392,11 +392,11 @@
<filename>hardware-configuration.nix</filename> is included from
<filename>configuration.nix</filename> and will be overwritten by future
invocations of <command>nixos-generate-config</command>; thus, you
generally should not modify it.) Additionally, you may want to look at
generally should not modify it.) Additionally, you may want to look at
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware">Hardware
configuration for known-hardware</link> at this point or after
installation.
</para>
<note>
<para>
@ -418,11 +418,11 @@
Do the installation:
<screen>
<prompt># </prompt>nixos-install</screen>
Cross fingers. If this fails due to a temporary problem (such as a network
issue while downloading binaries from the NixOS binary cache), you can
just re-run <command>nixos-install</command>. Otherwise, fix your
<filename>configuration.nix</filename> and then re-run
<command>nixos-install</command>.
This will install your system based on the configuration you provided.
If anything fails due to a configuration problem or any other issue
(such as a network outage while downloading binaries from the NixOS
binary cache), you can re-run <command>nixos-install</command> after
fixing your <filename>configuration.nix</filename>.
</para>
<para>
As the last step, <command>nixos-install</command> will ask you to set the