Enable a profile that enables exploding on reboot #6

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asdam9 · 2026-08-05T09:04:48Z

asdam9 commented

2026-08-05 09:04:48 +00:00

Essentially it would make the system, use tmpfs instead of a regular file system, thus storing the majority of the system
on RAM instead of on DISK, this would mean all data is lost on power loss, and would need to be reconstructed by NixOS on reboot.

This of course means certain root directory likeboot, nix and home directories would still have to remain on disk, but the rest would be exploded on power off, and reconstructed on boot.

See [Vimjoyer's Video on the topic](https://youtu.be/ZKBSWS7OOb4) Essentially it would make the system, use tmpfs instead of a regular file system, thus storing the majority of the system on RAM instead of on DISK, this would mean all data is lost on power loss, and would need to be reconstructed by NixOS on reboot. This of course means certain root directory like`boot`, `nix` and `home` directories would still have to remain on disk, but the rest would be exploded on power off, and reconstructed on boot.

asdam9 added this to the Version 1.0 milestone 2026-08-05 09:04:48 +00:00

asdam9 added the enhancement label 2026-08-05 09:04:48 +00:00

asdam9 changed title from ~~Enable a profile that enables exploding on root~~ to Enable a profile that enables exploding on reboot

2026-08-05 09:08:02 +00:00

asdam9 added reference 06-ExplodeOnReboot

2026-08-05 11:06:23 +00:00

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Reference: asdam9/AsdamNixOS#6