doc: Mention HTTP/HTTPS proxy in the system installation instructions.

* doc/guix.texi (Keyboard Layout and Networking and Partitioning):
Mention 'herd set-http-proxy guix-daemon'.
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Setting up network access is almost always a requirement because the
image does not contain all the software and tools that may be needed.
@cindex proxy, during system installation
If you need HTTP and HTTPS access to go through a proxy, run the
following command:
@example
herd set-http-proxy guix-daemon @var{URL}
@end example
@noindent
where @var{URL} is the proxy URL, for example
@code{http://example.org:8118}.
@cindex installing over SSH
If you want to, you can continue the installation remotely by starting
an SSH server: