f701bd5986
- Update download URLs
- Replace "USB stick"/"USB Drive" with "USB flash drive" as that seem more correct
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive
https://elementary.io/docs/installation#choose-operating-system
- Don't mention CD as easiest option anymore,
as all modern systems should be able to boot from USB,
but many don't have a CD drive. Burning CDs is also usually wasteful as you
can't burn them again.
- Remove link to NixOS Wiki (Making_the_installation_media) as it is not needed
- Add Etcher and USBImager as graphical tools to create install drive
- Make dd command consistent and use block size of 4 MB for faster flashing
- More consistent text
- Add instructions for "Booting from the install medium"
Inspired by 9a91b0f495/docs/installation.md (booting-from-the-install-drive-booting-from-the-installation-medium-clear-float-2)
- Add instructions for "Graphical Installation"
- Restructure headings and anchors for "Manual Installation"
- Adding legacy anchors for "Manual Installation" to not break links
Co-authored-by: j-k <dev@j-k.io>
Co-authored-by: Sandro <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Robert Schütz <github@dotlambda.de>
Co-authored-by: Jörg Thalheim <Mic92@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Thiago Kenji Okada <thiagokokada@gmail.com>
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# Obtaining NixOS {#sec-obtaining}
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NixOS ISO images can be downloaded from the [NixOS download
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page](https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-iso). Follow the instructions in
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[](#sec-booting-from-usb) to create a bootable USB flash drive.
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If you have a very old system that can't boot from USB, you can burn the image
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to an empty CD. NixOS might not work very well on such systems.
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As an alternative to installing NixOS yourself, you can get a running
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NixOS system through several other means:
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- Using virtual appliances in Open Virtualization Format (OVF) that
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can be imported into VirtualBox. These are available from the [NixOS
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download page](https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-virtualbox).
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- Using AMIs for Amazon's EC2. To find one for your region, please refer
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to the [download page](https://nixos.org/download.html#nixos-amazon).
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- Using NixOps, the NixOS-based cloud deployment tool, which allows
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you to provision VirtualBox and EC2 NixOS instances from declarative
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specifications. Check out the [NixOps
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homepage](https://nixos.org/nixops) for details.
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