This is a setup for installing NixOS in Hyper-V as a guest. I don't have details handy anymore on the detailed steps I had to do on the Windows host (there's no NixWindows yet, unfortunately...), so you'll have to try googling that yourself, e.g. something like "linux on hyper-v" or "ubuntu on hyper-v". (You're welcome to send PRs with improvements of this guide.) Below, I'm providing only the info with what to do on the NixOS side of things. ## Installation ## I basically followed the [guide for NixOS on VirtualBox](https://nixos.org/wiki/Installing_NixOS_in_a_VirtualBox_guest). However, some additional changes in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` were required to really make it work (I don't include them as a .nix file, as they must be done **before `nixos-install`**, and I'm not sure how to proceed with cloning the nixos-hardware repo at this stage): # REQUIRED - see: https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/issues/9899 boot.initrd.kernelModules = ["hv_vmbus" "hv_storvsc"]; # RECOMMENDED # - use 800x600 resolution for text console, to make it easy to fit on screen boot.kernelParams = ["video=hyperv_fb:800x600"]; # https://askubuntu.com/a/399960 # - avoid a problem with `nix-env -i` running out of memory boot.kernel.sysctl."vm.overcommit_memory" = "1"; # https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/421 # UNKNOWN - not sure if below are needed; were suggested for VirtualBox and I used them boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda"; boot.initrd.checkJournalingFS = false; ## Shared folder ## To share a folder between Windows host and Linux/NixOS guest, the typical solution seems to be to make a folder "shared" on Windows, then access it via Samba from NixOS. On the Windows host, I had to make an additional virtual switch in Hyper-V Manager, with mode "internal". Then in properties of the virtual network card on Windows host (attached to the virtual switch), I changed the IP to a fixed 10.0.0.100 (mask 255.255.255.240). I also added a special purpose user on the host, with some long randomly generated password, to act as Samba credentials for NixOS. To test that it works, I used the following commands: $ nix-env -iA nixos.samba $ smbclient -L //10.0.0.100 -U shares-guest%ReplaceWithSomeLongRandomlyGeneratedPassword Domain=[DESKTOP-ABCD123] OS=[Windows 10 Pro 14393] Server=[Windows 10 Pro 6.3] Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- ADMIN$ Disk Administracja zdalna C$ Disk Domyślny udział IPC$ IPC Zdalne wywołanie IPC shared-space Disk Connection to 10.0.0.100 failed (Error NT_STATUS_RESOURCE_NAME_NOT_FOUND) NetBIOS over TCP disabled -- no workgroup available $ nix-env -e samba Then I added the following lines in `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`: # Client for shared folder on Windows Hyper-V host # Based on: nixpkgs.git/nixos/tests/samba.nix fileSystems."/vm-share" = { fsType = "cifs"; device = "//10.0.0.100/shared-space"; options = [ "username=shares-guest" "password=ReplaceWithSomeLongRandomlyGeneratedPassword" ]; }; networking.interfaces.eth1.ip4 = [{address="10.0.0.101"; prefixLength=28;}];