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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml index 56af5c0e25a0..902f99e1e256 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml @@ -5,48 +5,28 @@ xml:id="sec-obtaining"> <title>Obtaining NixOS</title> <para> - NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the - <link -xlink:href="http://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>. + NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the <link +xlink:href="http://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>. </para> <para> - As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a running NixOS - system through several other means: + As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a running NixOS system through several other means: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> - Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) that can be - imported into VirtualBox. These are available from the - <link xlink:href="http://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">NixOS download - page</link>. + Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) that can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from the <link xlink:href="http://nixos.org/nixos/download.html">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 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>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which allows you to - provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from declarative - specifications. Check out the - <link - xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixops">NixOps homepage</link> for - details. + Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which allows you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from declarative specifications. Check out the <link + xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixops">NixOps homepage</link> for details. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> |