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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml index a922feda25366..d187adfc0c535 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml @@ -2,16 +2,15 @@ <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> |