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@@ -40,6 +40,26 @@ If you want to make NixOS your default distribution, you can do so with wsl -s NixOS ``` +## Troubleshooting + +A recovery shell can be started with + +```sh +wsl -d NixOS --system --user root -- /mnt/wslg/distro/bin/nixos-wsl-recovery +``` + +This will load the WSL "system" distribution, activate your configuration, +then chroot into your NixOS system, similar to what `nixos-enter` would do +on a normal NixOS install. + +You can choose an older generation to load with + +```sh +wsl -d NixOS --system --user root -- /mnt/wslg/distro/bin/nixos-wsl-recovery --system /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-42-link +``` + +(note that the path is relative to the new root) + ## Building your own system tarball This requires access to a system that already has Nix installed. Please refer to the [Nix installation guide](https://nixos.org/guides/install-nix.html) if that\'s not the case. |