From 16fa9254f3edf935afda2f6aeb6f2f8b1f90999c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lev Dubinets <3114081+ldub@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 19:50:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note in install doc about vbox disk resizing --- docs/install.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md index 4fe05f1..24d8bb6 100644 --- a/docs/install.md +++ b/docs/install.md @@ -115,7 +115,14 @@ You can also build Nix from source by following the instructions at https://nixo This will now create a nix-bitcoin node on the target machine. -6. Nixops automatically creates an ssh key for use with `nixops ssh`. Access `bitcoin-node` through ssh in nix-shell with +6. Resize the virtualbox disk + ``` + ./scripts/vbox-resize-disk1.sh + ``` + + NixOps provides a virtualbox disk thats 50gb in size, but we need more than that to house the Bitcoin blockchain. Make sure to run this from within your nix-shell. + +7. Nixops automatically creates an ssh key for use with `nixops ssh`. Access `bitcoin-node` through ssh in nix-shell with ``` nixops ssh operator@bitcoin-node