From 2d8b0700fff2dcc9d674ad340bd6524847cd2a53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brian cully <bjc@spork.org>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 19:22:48 -0400
Subject: many updates

---
 readme.org | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

(limited to 'readme.org')

diff --git a/readme.org b/readme.org
index 5596abc..3dfca33 100644
--- a/readme.org
+++ b/readme.org
@@ -1,27 +1,46 @@
+* from existing install
+need ~parted~ and ~btrfs-progs~
+: guix shell parted btrfs-progs
+
 * partition disk
 gpt, 3 partitions:
   - 1 :: esp 2GB
   - 2 :: swap 8GB
   - 3 :: linux-fs rest
 
+first create the partition table with ~cfdisk~, using ~gpt~ labels
+: cfdisk /dev/vdb
+
+turn on the ‘esp’ flag for partition ~1~:
+: parted /dev/vdb set 1 esp on
+
 * create filesystems
-: mkfs.vfat -L ESP -F 32 /dev/vda1
+: mkfs.vfat -n ESP -F 32 /dev/vdb1
 
-: mkfs.btrfs -L root /dev/vda3
-: btrfs subvol create /dev/vda3 /gnu
-: btrfs subvol create /dev/vda3 /persist
-: btrfs subvol create /dev/vda3 /persist/etc
-: btrfs subvol create /dev/vda3 /persist/var
-: btrfs subvol create /dev/vda3 /persist/home
-: btrfs subvol create /dev/vda3 /persist/boot
+: mkfs.btrfs -L root /dev/vdb3
+: mount -m -t btrfs /dev/vdb3 /mnt
+
+: btrfs subvol create /mnt/gnu
+: btrfs subvol create /mnt/gnu/store
+# : btrfs subvol create /mnt/gnu/etc
+: btrfs subvol create /mnt/gnu/var
+: btrfs subvol create /mnt/gnu/boot
+: btrfs subvol create /mnt/persist
+: btrfs subvol create /mnt/persist/home
+: btrfs subvol create /mnt/persist/home/root
+
+: umount /mnt
 
 * mount filesystems
-: mkdir /mnt
-: mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt
+: 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
+: mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/gnu/var LABEL=root /mnt/var
+: mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/gnu/boot LABEL=root /mnt/boot
 : mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/persist LABEL=root /mnt/persist
-: mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/persist/etc LABEL=root /mnt/etc
-: mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/persist/var LABEL=root /mnt/var
 : mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/persist/home LABEL=root /mnt/home
-: mount -m -t btrfs -o subvol=/persist/boot LABEL=root /mnt/boot
-: mount -m -t vfat LABEL=ESP /mnt/boot/efi
+: mount -m --bind /mnt/home/root /mnt/root
+: mount -m -t vfat LABEL=ESP /mnt/boot/esp
+
+* init system
+: guix system init configuration.scm /mnt
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