From 2ad8ca7ee03e660f7deae5fed895596a31129a40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brian cully <bjc@spork.org>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 07:02:40 -0400
Subject: update readme with slightly better instructions

---
 readme.org | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/readme.org b/readme.org
index 3dfca33..6fff04d 100644
--- a/readme.org
+++ b/readme.org
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 * from existing install
+on an existing guix/nix install, you can prep the disks ahead of time.
+
 need ~parted~ and ~btrfs-progs~
 : guix shell parted btrfs-progs
 
-* partition disk
+* from installer
+setting up from the installer requires =configuration.scm= from this
+directory. get that on the installer thumb drive, on nfs, or some
+other way such that we have access to it from the guix installer.
+
+you'll need to use the terminal-based install, which should have all
+the tools you need.
+
+** partition disk
 gpt, 3 partitions:
   - 1 :: esp 2GB
   - 2 :: swap 8GB
@@ -14,7 +24,7 @@ first create the partition table with ~cfdisk~, using ~gpt~ labels
 turn on the ‘esp’ flag for partition ~1~:
 : parted /dev/vdb set 1 esp on
 
-* create filesystems
+** create filesystems
 : mkfs.vfat -n ESP -F 32 /dev/vdb1
 
 : mkfs.btrfs -L root /dev/vdb3
@@ -31,7 +41,7 @@ turn on the ‘esp’ flag for partition ~1~:
 
 : umount /mnt
 
-* mount filesystems
+** mount filesystems
 : mount -m -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt
 : mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/gnu LABEL=root /mnt/gnu
 # : mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/gnu/etc LABEL=root /mnt/etc
@@ -42,5 +52,5 @@ turn on the ‘esp’ flag for partition ~1~:
 : mount -m --bind /mnt/home/root /mnt/root
 : mount -m -t vfat LABEL=ESP /mnt/boot/esp
 
-* init system
+** init system
 : guix system init configuration.scm /mnt
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