On the macOS host:

1. Install and start Docker Desktop for Mac
2. git clone https://github.com/normful/nixos-config.git
3. cd nixos-config && make iso/nixos.iso
4. Install VMware Fusion Public Tech Preview 22H2

In VMware Fusion:

1. Install from disc or image
2. Choose nixos.iso
3. Select Linux -> Other Linux 5.x kernel 64-bit Arm
4. Click Customize Settings
5. Type a better name into the Save As field.
6. Display:

   

7. Network Adapter -> Connect Network Adapter -> Share with my Mac (default)
8. Hard Disk:

   

9. Sound Card -> Remove Sound Card
10. Camera -> Remove Camera
11. Start VM

On the VM:

1. Press enter to start the installer (default selection). This will run https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
   • For some strange reason, at one point, it was running into an error trying to mount /mnt-root even though /mnt-root was not even mounted in latter attempts that succeeded.
2. setfont ter-v32n to use a larger font.
3. Switch into into the root user: sudo su
4. Set the root user password to root: passwd
5. Write down IP address from ip a output.

On the host:

1. Fill in NIXADDR in the Makefile using the IP address.
2. make vm/boostrap0 and wait it to finish and reboot.
3. docker run -it --rm alpine mkpasswd -m sha-512 and copy the password hash to nixos-config/users/norman/nixos.nix in users.users.norman.hashedPassword.
4. Copy ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub to nixos-config/users/norman/nixos.nix in users.users.norman.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys.
5. make vm/boostrap and wait it to finish and reboot.