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doc: Use existing URLs and file names in installation instructions.

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Some users are confused that these URLs and file names don't work, so
change them to the most popular architecture, while still mentioning
alternatives.

* doc/guix.texi (USB Stick and DVD Installation, Binary Installation): Use
x86_64-linux URLs by default.
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@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Efraim Flashner@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 John Darrington@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017 Nikita Gillmann@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Jan Nieuwenhuizen@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Julien Lepiller@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Julien Lepiller@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Christopher Baines@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019 Clément Lassieur@*
@ -567,17 +567,18 @@ Installing goes along these lines:
@item
@cindex downloading Guix binary
Download the binary tarball from
@indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz},
where @var{system} is @code{x86_64-linux} for an @code{x86_64} machine
already running the kernel Linux, and so on.
@indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.tar.xz},
where @code{x86_64-linux} can be replaced with @code{i686-linux} for an
@code{i686} (32-bits) machine already running the kernel Linux, and so on
(@pxref{GNU Distribution}).
@c The following is somewhat duplicated in ``System Installation''.
Make sure to download the associated @file{.sig} file and to verify the
authenticity of the tarball against it, along these lines:
@example
$ wget @value{BASE-URL}/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz.sig
$ gpg --verify guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz.sig
$ wget @value{BASE-URL}/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.tar.xz.sig
$ gpg --verify guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.tar.xz.sig
@end example
If that command fails because you do not have the required public key,
@ -603,7 +604,7 @@ you may have to run @code{su -} or @code{sudo -i}. As @code{root}, run:
@example
# cd /tmp
# tar --warning=no-timestamp -xf \
/path/to/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz
/path/to/guix-binary-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
# mv var/guix /var/ && mv gnu /
@end example
@ -1917,8 +1918,8 @@ 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}.@var{system}.iso.xz},
where @var{system} is one of:
@indicateurl{@value{BASE-URL}/guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz},
where you can replace @code{x86_64-linux} with one of:
@table @code
@item x86_64-linux
@ -1933,8 +1934,8 @@ 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}.@var{system}.iso.xz.sig
$ gpg --verify guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz.sig
$ 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
@end example
If that command fails because you do not have the required public key,
@ -1965,7 +1966,7 @@ To copy the image to a USB stick, follow these steps:
Decompress the image using the @command{xz} command:
@example
xz -d guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz
xz -d guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
@end example
@item
@ -1974,7 +1975,7 @@ its device name. Assuming that the USB stick is known as @file{/dev/sdX},
copy the image with:
@example
dd if=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso of=/dev/sdX
dd if=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso of=/dev/sdX
sync
@end example
@ -1990,7 +1991,7 @@ To copy the image to a DVD, follow these steps:
Decompress the image using the @command{xz} command:
@example
xz -d guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso.xz
xz -d guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
@end example
@item
@ -1999,7 +2000,7 @@ its device name. Assuming that the DVD drive is known as @file{/dev/srX},
copy the image with:
@example
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/srX=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/srX=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.x86_64-linux.iso
@end example
Access to @file{/dev/srX} usually requires root privileges.