nixos: Files mounted before fstab mounts (directories) about impermanence

[algernon]

I think I ran into something very similar, although my setup is a little bit different: I have my entire /home on tmpfs... but it shouldn't really matter. In any case, what you want is neededForBoot = true for the /home mount. As far as I see, that should fix your issue.

If it doesn't, then if you follow what I did, and put /home on tmpfs, and create your user directory via boot.initrd.postMountCommands, that definitely works, I'm using that. =)

(But I'm also relatively new to NixOS, so your mileage may vary)

[Erethon]

In any case, what you want is neededForBoot = true for the /home mount. As far as I see, that should fix your issue.

You're correct, that fixed the issue, thank you!

It's documented too, but for some reason I failed to properly parse it. The wording made me think it would have the opposite effect of what it did.