nixos-4screen/docs/nixos_build_spec.md

NixOS Build Spec (sam-4screen-desktop)

Disk / Boot (DO NOT BRICK WINDOWS)

Target disk: /dev/nvme0n1 Install target is NVMe only. Do not select /dev/sdX devices in the installer.

KEEP (do not format):

• /dev/nvme0n1p1 (EFI vfat) UUID=94CC-9DA4
• /dev/nvme0n1p2 (MS reserved)
• /dev/nvme0n1p3 (Windows NTFS) UUID=8294CD2994CD2111
• /dev/nvme0n1p4 (Windows recovery NTFS) UUID=6E1AA32B1AA2EEF1

WIPE + install NixOS here:

• /dev/nvme0n1p5 (currently Ubuntu ext4 /) UUID=4e99904c-ce6f-4c3c-898a-e29cfc373489

Other attached disks (DO NOT FORMAT)

• /dev/sda (240GB) model: Patriot Burst El (KEEP)
  • /dev/sda1: Microsoft reserved partition (~15MiB)
  • /dev/sda2: NTFS label "Back Up" (keep)
• /dev/sdb (500GB) ext4 label "TempBackup" (keep)
• /dev/sdc (320GB) ext4 label "Integral300" UUID=27febd74-20aa-4a3a-92c1-6fdd1ad7e88e (mount at /data)
• /dev/sde (160GB) ext4 label "XPSystemDrive" (keep)

Bootloader:

• systemd-boot, using the existing EFI partition (/dev/nvme0n1p1)

Networking

• Use NetworkManager
• Static IPv4 for wired: enp0s31f6 = 192.168.20.27/24
• Gateway: 192.168.20.1
• DNS: 192.168.20.35, 192.168.20.13

Data drive mount

• Integral300 ext4 UUID=27febd74-20aa-4a3a-92c1-6fdd1ad7e88e
• Mountpoint on NixOS: /data (preferred)

Desktop

• Primary compositor: Niri
• Display/login manager: greetd + tuigreet
• Session start command: niri --session (do not use niri-session)
• GPU: Intel HD 630 + NVIDIA Quadro P620
• Display appears to be driven by NVIDIA Quadro P620 (observed /dev/fb0 on Ubuntu scan). Treat NVIDIA as primary unless proven otherwise.

Secrets policy

• No API keys or WiFi PSKs committed to git