doc: Warn earlier about the risk of overwriting with the binary install.
Suggested by Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>. * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Move warning about overwriting higher up.
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@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ This creates @file{/gnu/store} (@pxref{The Store}), @file{/var/guix},
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and @file{/root/.guix-profile}. @file{/root/.guix-profile} is a
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ready-to-use profile for @code{root} where Guix is installed.
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Do @emph{not} unpack the tarball on a working Guix system since that
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would overwrite its own essential files.
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@item
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Set up the daemon as explained below (@pxref{Setting Up the Daemon}), and
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run it:
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@ -297,9 +300,7 @@ for instance with:
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And that's it!
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There are two things to note. First, don't unpack the tarball on a
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working Guix system since that would overwrite its own essential files.
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Second, the @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s
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The @code{guix} package must remain available in @code{root}'s
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profile, or it would become subject to garbage collection---in which
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case you would find yourself badly handicapped by the lack of the
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@command{guix} command.
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