diff --git a/nonpure/install.sh b/nonpure/install.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/nonpure/install.sh
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+if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 1000 ]; then
+	printf "switch to the root user, and try again.\n"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+lsblk
+
+read -p "Drive name? (/dev/vda): " DRIVE
+read -p "NixOS configuration? (virtbox): " NIXOS_CONFIG
+read -p "Reboot? (yes/no, default 'yes'): " REBOOT
+
+umount -f /mnt/boot
+umount -f /mnt
+swapoff -a
+
+nix-env -iA nixos.git
+
+if [ -z "$DRIVE" ]; then
+	DRIVE="/dev/vda"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$NIXOS_CONFIG" ]; then
+	NIXOS_CONFIG="virtbox"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$REBOOT" ]; then
+	REBOOT="yes"
+fi
+
+fdisk "$DRIVE" <<EOF
+d
+
+d
+
+d
+
+d
+
+n
+p
+1
+
++200M
+y
+n
+p
+2
+
++8G
+y
+n
+p
+3
+
+
+y
+w
+EOF
+
+yes | mkfs.ext4 "$DRIVE"1
+yes | mkswap "$DRIVE"2
+yes | mkfs.ext4 "$DRIVE"3
+
+mount "$DRIVE"3 /mnt
+mkdir /mnt/boot
+mount "$DRIVE"1 /mnt/boot
+swapon "$DRIVE"2
+
+nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
+git clone https://git.beepboop.systems/rndusr/dot_testing /mnt/root/dot_testing
+cp /mnt/etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix /mnt/root/dot_testing/
+yes | nixos-install -I nixos-config=/mnt/root/dot_testing/$NIXOS_CONFIG.nix --cores 0
+mv /mnt/root/dot_testing /mnt/home/usr/dot_testing
+
+if [ "$REBOOT" = "yes" ]; then
+	reboot
+fi
diff --git a/nonpure/traditional_bootstrap.sh b/nonpure/traditional_bootstrap.sh
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+++ b/nonpure/traditional_bootstrap.sh
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+# sets up a 'traditional' environment in our home directory