From bc198b7f3f7e79b6dd1f9aa6766feb5d9216ec43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Lechner <mail@jalr.de>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:45:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions how to install a new host

---
 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac7a5df..6b8482e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## Install a new host
+
+This installs nixos on host `somehost`:
+```bash
+nix-shell -p nixUnstable --run 'nixos-install --flake https://gitlab.jalr.de/jalr/nixos-configuration#somehost --no-channel-copy'
+```
+
 ## nix repl
 start an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions
 
@@ -11,6 +18,7 @@ nix-repl> a=builtins.getFlake (toString ./.)
 $ nix repl
 
 nix-repl> :lf .#
+```
 
 
 ## Import GPG public key