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Disable BIOS boot support
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Hopefully, this will decrease the amount of time that it takes to build
installation ISOs. Additionally, this change allows me to make the
instructions in the README shorter.
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Jayman2000 committed Feb 13, 2024
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8 changes: 0 additions & 8 deletions README.md
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the virtual disk you create for it is large enough to store the “Keep
Across Linux Distros!” Syncthing folder.

- Booting from the install medium: Make sure that you boot into UEFI mode. Once
you’re at a command prompt, run
[this command](https://askubuntu.com/a/162896):

[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo UEFI || echo BIOS

If it outputs “UEFI”, then you’re good.

- Graphical Installation: Skip right to the Manual Installation section. We’re
going to be doing a manual installation, not a graphical one.

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# to download any additional dependencies in order to build the
# system configuration.
includeSystemBuildDependencies = true;
makeBiosBootable = false;
makeEfiBootable = true;
};
users.users.nixos.packages = let
pkgCollections = import ../pkgCollections { inherit pkgs lib; };
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