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Booting NixOS with a missing drive (feddit.org)
submitted 3 months ago by leisesprecher@feddit.org to c/nix@programming.dev
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In very short, I have a NixOS install with an /etc/fstab using UUIDs. However, my bulk drive died. I have backups, the data is not the problem.

But I can't boot NixOS without the drive. It throws me into an emergency shell, in which I can't edit /etc/fstab (read-only FS) and since I'm in emergeny mode, nixos rebuild doesn't work either (seems to be mostly a network issue).

So, what's the best, non-reinstalling way to fix that?

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