Expand tmpfs and enable zram swap before disko to fix out-of-space errors

flake.nix

@@ -169,25 +169,62 @@
           fi
 
           HOSTNAME=$1
+          FLAKE_DIR=$(pwd)
 
-          echo "🚀 Bootstrapping NixOS: $HOSTNAME"
+          if [ ! -f /etc/os-release ]; then
-
+            echo "Cannot determine OS"
-          # Check if on NixOS
-          if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
-            . /etc/os-release
-            if [ "$ID" = "nixos" ]; then
-              echo "✓ Running on NixOS"
-              sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ".#$HOSTNAME"
-              echo "✓ NixOS system configured"
-            else
-              echo "⚠ Not on NixOS - installing home-manager only"
-              home-manager switch --flake ".#youruser@linux"
-              echo "✓ Home manager configured"
-            fi
-          else
-            echo "⚠ Cannot determine OS"
             exit 1
           fi
+
+          . /etc/os-release
+
+          if [ "$ID" != "nixos" ]; then
+            echo "Not on NixOS - installing home-manager only"
+            home-manager switch --flake "$FLAKE_DIR#youruser@linux"
+            echo "Home manager configured"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Detect ISO/live environment: /nix/.rw-store is a tmpfs overlay
+          if grep -q "tmpfs /nix/.rw-store" /proc/mounts 2>/dev/null; then
+            echo "ISO environment detected - running full install for: $HOSTNAME"
+
+            # Step 1: Expand tmpfs and set up zram swap BEFORE downloading anything
+            echo "--- Step 1/4: Expanding tmpfs and enabling zram swap ---"
+            sudo mount -o remount,size=4G /nix/.rw-store
+            if sudo modprobe zram 2>/dev/null; then
+              echo 2G | sudo tee /sys/block/zram0/disksize > /dev/null
+              sudo mkswap /dev/zram0
+              sudo swapon /dev/zram0
+              echo "zram swap enabled"
+            else
+              echo "zram not available, continuing without it"
+            fi
+
+            # Step 2: Partition and format disk
+            echo "--- Step 2/4: Running disko ---"
+            sudo nix --extra-experimental-features "nix-command flakes" run \
+              github:nix-community/disko/latest -- \
+              --mode destroy,format,mount \
+              --flake "$FLAKE_DIR#$HOSTNAME"
+
+            # Step 3: Create swap file on installed root for nixos-install
+            echo "--- Step 3/4: Creating 2GB swap file on target disk ---"
+            sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/swapfile bs=1M count=2048 status=progress
+            sudo chmod 600 /mnt/swapfile
+            sudo mkswap /mnt/swapfile
+            sudo swapon /mnt/swapfile
+
+            # Step 4: Install NixOS
+            echo "--- Step 4/4: Running nixos-install ---"
+            sudo nixos-install --flake "$FLAKE_DIR#$HOSTNAME"
+
+            echo "Installation complete! Remove the ISO and reboot."
+          else
+            echo "Installed NixOS detected - switching configuration"
+            sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake "$FLAKE_DIR#$HOSTNAME"
+            echo "NixOS system configured"
+          fi
           '');
         };
       in {