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Resources to install NixOS bare metal on Apple Silicon Macs
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U-boot config step (?) not working (13'' M1 2020) (No steps available after selecting NixOS in boot picker) #224

Closed ppenguin closed 2 months ago

ppenguin commented 3 months ago

I seem to get stuck just after this step: https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md#booting-the-installer

After pressing power long for startup options, I can choose "1. NixOS, 2. MacSSD, 3. Options". But after choosing (1) I see a "MacOS recovery" window where two drives are shown for selection: /nix/store (this was from a nix install under MacOS, and MacHD.

So the follwing does not happen as expected:

... and select the new NixOS option in the boot picker. Follow the prompts and enter your administrator password. I.e. I see no prompts but immediately the recovery startup disk selector.

The previous steps were completed without error, I seem to have several NixOS partitions too, including an EFI one.

How could I troubleshoot this further?

damien-biasotto commented 2 months ago

I believe it happened to me once or twice, have you tried to select the MacHD disk, it should resume the installation process IIRC.

ppenguin commented 2 months ago

@damien-biasotto Thanks! That did the trick! ... and I was expecting to be presented the boot volume from the USB... Installing now...