Cannot instal NixOS on VirtualBox

[gusevalexey0]

Trying to install nixos-20.03.1896 on Virtualbox. Build constantly fails on different stages.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Go to https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-instaling-virtualbox-guest
2. Follow the instructions
3. run nixos-install
4. See error
5. Repeat
6. See another error

[root@nixos:/home/nixos]# rm -rf /mnt/nix && nixos-install 
building the configuration in /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix... 
error 9 while decompressing xz file 
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/vaqr0a09afgf262500cdyf1psab958q1-stage-1-init.sh.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built 
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/Ojyssicdfbrb11433qndy99ir6hckgsf-initrd-linux-5.4.41.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built 
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/jgjgb7rdr1f4f8r6qcmcpdmOnpzwscmk-nixos-system-nixos-20.03.1896.0 25deb80b24.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
[0 built (1 failed), 17 copied (1 failed) (214.8 MiB), 5.6 Mi8 DL] 
error: build of '/nix/store/jgjgb7rdr1f4f8r6qcmcpdmOnpzwscmk-nixos-system-nixos-20.03.1896.025deb80b 24.drv' failed 
[root@nixos:/home/nixos]# rm -rf /mnt/nix && nixos-install 
building the configuration in /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix... 
error 9 while decompressing xz file 
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/jaigzvlh1Odaq6pfwr1mkOzbymdw6c5g-fontconfig-etc.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built 
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/i3404rks1kyf6x5sxvwmnxya1mhdi1v9-system-path.drv': 1 dependenciess couldn't be built 
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/jgjgb7rdr1f4f8r6qcmcpdmOnpzwscmk-nixos-system-nixos-20.03.1896.0 25deb80624.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built 
[0 built (2 failed), 13 copied (1 failed) (212.9 MiB), 0.3 MiB DL] 
error: build of '/nix/store/jgjgb7rdr1f4f8r6qcmcpdmOnpzwscmk-nixos-system-nixos-20.03.1896.025deb80b 24.drv' failed 

Expected behavior

NixOS successfully installed

nix-env --version output
nix-env (Nix) 2.3.4

[refaelsh]

I am experiencing exactly the same issue.

[refaelsh]

@gusevalexey0, where you able to workaround this issue?

[gleber]

I believe I've seen this problem. I was getting intermittent xz compression errors. I was not able to download any nontrivial package from cache or source from internet. I've solved it in my case by switching to another virtual network card type.

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[refaelsh]

Oh, thanks. Then its not an issue with NixOS itself.