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A way to install Alpine Linux on a Scaleway Stardust instance without the use of a rescue image, but by booting into the install image over the network using https://netboot.xyz.

1. Connect to the serial console, using scw instance server console {uuid} zone={zone}

2. Reboot the VM into UEFI settings

   • either by executing systemctl reboot --firmware on the machine
   • or by using scw instance server reboot {uuid} zone={zone} locally and repeatedly mashing the escape key on the serial console

3. Go to Device Manager -> Network Device List -> the only network device -> HTTP Boot Configuration -> Boot URI

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Replace Debian install with NixOS on Scaleway

This is based on nixos-infect.

These instructions assume you have x86 scaleway machines that use UEFI and DHCP. You have may have to change /dev/vda15 if your machines are partitioned differently.

First, rsync your configuration to /root/configuration.

Run: