diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..504f7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+result
+*.qcow2
+configuration-staging-bootstrap.nix
+hosts/staging/hardware-configuration.nix.before-netcup
diff --git a/hosts/staging/hardware-configuration.nix b/hosts/staging/hardware-configuration.nix
index dab1e7d..a450070 100644
--- a/hosts/staging/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/hosts/staging/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
-{ config, lib, modulesPath, ... }:
+# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
+# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
+# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
+{ config, lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
+
 {
-  # Good defaults for cloud VMs
-  imports = [ (modulesPath + "/profiles/qemu-guest.nix") ];
+  imports =
+    [ (modulesPath + "/profiles/qemu-guest.nix")
+    ];
 
-  # Placeholder root FS (you MUST replace this on real machines)
-  fileSystems."/" = {
-    device = "/dev/disk/by-label/nixos";
-    fsType = "ext4";
-  };
+  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "ata_piix" "uhci_hcd" "virtio_pci" "sr_mod" "virtio_blk" ];
+  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.kernelModules = [ ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
 
-  # Placeholder bootloader target (adjust /dev/vda vs /dev/sda depending on provider)
-  boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
-  boot.loader.grub.devices = [ "/dev/vda" ];
+  fileSystems."/" =
+    { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/1fbb884a-7224-47c1-9bc2-aba5f583ad63";
+      fsType = "ext4";
+    };
 
-  networking.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
+  swapDevices =
+    [ { device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/1ab7a8b0-589d-4892-8cb6-47b0125e4085"; }
+    ];
+
+  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "x86_64-linux";
 }