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   <title>Obtaining NixOS</title>
   <para>
     NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the
-    <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS
-    download page</link>. There are a number of installation options. If
-    you happen to have an optical drive and a spare CD, burning the
-    image to CD and booting from that is probably the easiest option.
-    Most people will need to prepare a USB stick to boot from.
-    <xref linkend="sec-booting-from-usb" /> describes the preferred
-    method to prepare a USB stick. A number of alternative methods are
-    presented in the
-    <link xlink:href="https://nixos.wiki/wiki/NixOS_Installation_Guide#Making_the_installation_media">NixOS
-    Wiki</link>.
+    <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-iso">NixOS
+    download page</link>. Follow the instructions in
+    <xref linkend="sec-booting-from-usb" /> to create a bootable USB
+    flash drive.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    If you have a very old system that can’t boot from USB, you can burn
+    the image to an empty CD. NixOS might not work very well on such
+    systems.
   </para>
   <para>
     As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a
@@ -23,16 +22,16 @@
         Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF)
         that can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from
         the
-        <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS
+        <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-virtualbox">NixOS
         download page</link>.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>
-        Using AMIs for Amazon’s EC2. To find one for your region and
-        instance type, please refer to the
-        <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/virtualisation/ec2-amis.nix">list
-        of most recent AMIs</link>.
+        Using AMIs for Amazon’s EC2. To find one for your region, please
+        refer to the
+        <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-amazon">download
+        page</link>.
       </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>