installing nixos on oracle cloud arm instance

06 November, 2024

nixos
oracle cloud

  1. Download netboot efi

    wget https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz-arm64.efi

  2. Move it to /boot/efi/

  3. Open cloud shell connection from the instance page. On the instance page it’s labeled “Console Connection” under “Resources”

  4. “Reboot” the instance

  5. Continuously press Esc in the cloud shell. EFI boot manager pops up. Then open the EFI shell and type fs0:netboot.xyz-arm64.efi

  6. Select NixOS from the netboot menu

  7. Install nix os (follow wiki)