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1<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="ch-testing-installer">
2 <title>Testing the Installer</title>
3 <para>
4 Building, burning, and booting from an installation CD is rather
5 tedious, so here is a quick way to see if the installer works
6 properly:
7 </para>
8 <programlisting>
9# mount -t tmpfs none /mnt
10# nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
11$ nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.nixos-install
12# ./result/bin/nixos-install
13</programlisting>
14 <para>
15 To start a login shell in the new NixOS installation in
16 <literal>/mnt</literal>:
17 </para>
18 <programlisting>
19$ nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A config.system.build.nixos-enter
20# ./result/bin/nixos-enter
21</programlisting>
22</chapter>