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 2. Boot into the installer.
 3. Do your partitions and mount your root to `/mnt`
 4. `git clone https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles /mnt/etc/nixos`
-5. Install NixOS: `nixos-install --root /mnt --flake #XYZ`, where `XYZ` is your
-   hostname.  Use `#generic` for a simple, universal config.
+5. Install NixOS: `nixos-install --root /mnt --flake /mnt/etc/nixos#XYZ`, where
+   `XYZ` is your hostname.  Use `#generic` for a simple, universal config.
 6. OPTIONAL: Create a sub-directory in `hosts/` for your device. See [host/kuro]
    as an example.
 7. Reboot!