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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml index afd6c9543f70..56af5c0e25a0 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/obtaining.xml @@ -3,47 +3,52 @@ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" version="5.0" 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. -Unetbootin is recommended and the process is described in brief below. -Note that systems which use UEFI require some additional manual steps. -If you run into difficulty a number of alternative methods are presented -in the <link -xlink:href="https://nixos.org/wiki/Installing_NixOS_from_a_USB_stick">NixOS -Wiki</link>.</para> - -<para>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>.</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/nixops/blob/master/nix/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://github.com/NixOS/nixops">NixOps - homepage</link> for details.</para> - </listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -</para> - + <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>. + </para> + <para> + 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>. + </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>. + </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. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> </chapter> |