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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml deleted file mode 100644 index a922feda2536..000000000000 --- a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/obtaining.chapter.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-obtaining"> - <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>. - </para> - <para> - As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a - running NixOS system through several other means: - </para> - <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="https://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> -</chapter> |