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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-05-11 22:42:59 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2021-05-11 22:42:59 -0400
commitb7cbca221f74e9e9ef43c228dca9fa9930babec5 (patch)
tree33d0c1b2ae9a09a6e50652f61cdb16c7ba5d9003 /doc/guix.texi
parentc80627731bc100baa4b6c5d265df5465cee9498e (diff)
parentfb5d04d36334784a5ac76c4a90de1e1376120885 (diff)
Merge branch 'version-1.3.0'
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c39cc4a6bd..e501fcfc52 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
@include version.texi
@c Identifier of the OpenPGP key used to sign tarballs and such.
-@set OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID 3CE464558A84FDC69DB40CFB090B11993D9AEBB5
-@set OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145
+@set OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-ID 27D586A4F8900854329FF09F1260E46482E63562
+@set OPENPGP-SIGNING-KEY-URL https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=127547
@c Base URL for downloads.
@set BASE-URL https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ about their support in GNU/Linux.
An ISO-9660 installation image that can be written to a USB stick or
burnt to a DVD can be downloaded from
-@indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz},
+@indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso},
where you can replace @code{x86_64-linux} with one of:
@table @code
@@ -2116,8 +2116,8 @@ Make sure to download the associated @file{.sig} file and to verify the
authenticity of the image against it, along these lines:
@example
-$ wget @value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz.sig
-$ gpg --verify guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz.sig
+$ wget @value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.sig
+$ gpg --verify guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.sig
@end example
If that command fails because you do not have the required public key,
@@ -2141,17 +2141,6 @@ It is meant to be copied @emph{as is} to a large-enough USB stick or DVD.
@unnumberedsubsec Copying to a USB Stick
-To copy the image to a USB stick, follow these steps:
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-Decompress the image using the @command{xz} command:
-
-@example
-xz -d guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
-@end example
-
-@item
Insert a USB stick of 1@tie{}GiB or more into your machine, and determine
its device name. Assuming that the USB stick is known as @file{/dev/sdX},
copy the image with:
@@ -2162,21 +2151,9 @@ sync
@end example
Access to @file{/dev/sdX} usually requires root privileges.
-@end enumerate
@unnumberedsubsec Burning on a DVD
-To copy the image to a DVD, follow these steps:
-
-@enumerate
-@item
-Decompress the image using the @command{xz} command:
-
-@example
-xz -d guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
-@end example
-
-@item
Insert a blank DVD into your machine, and determine
its device name. Assuming that the DVD drive is known as @file{/dev/srX},
copy the image with:
@@ -2186,7 +2163,6 @@ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/srX=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-lin
@end example
Access to @file{/dev/srX} usually requires root privileges.
-@end enumerate
@unnumberedsubsec Booting
@@ -33658,7 +33634,7 @@ Whether or not the droplet should be created with IPv6 networking.
@cindex virtual machine
To run Guix in a virtual machine (VM), one can use the pre-built Guix VM image
distributed at
-@url{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.xz}.
+@url{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.qcow2}.
This image is a compressed image in QCOW format. You will first need to
decompress with @command{xz -d}, and then you can pass it to an emulator such
as QEMU (see below for details).