Boot an image on your netbook (or MID)

Submitted by Bob Spencer, updated on 20 May 2009 - 10 comments
Moblin Image Creator

After putting a Moblin image on a USB pen drive (or CD-RW), you can boot a mobile device from that USB pen drive.

Overview

Steps to create an image for your device:

  1. Install and run Image Creator.
  2. Create a project and target for your platform.
  3. (Optional) Add applications or customize the target file system.
  4. Create an image of the target.
  5. Boot the image on your netbook or MID.

Load and Run an Image on your netbook or MID

Insert the USB pen drive that contains the image into your Netbook or other mobile device.

Warning: Non-live images will erase your target system hard drive. Before you start this task, be sure you know if you created a live or an installable image.

Turn on or reboot your mobile device. If the USB pen drive is booted first, you will see the following:

Live Image

BootLiveUSB_0.png

Non-live Image
BootInstallUSB_0.png

If your device does not boot from the USB drive, you will need to reboot, go into the BIOS, and make sure that the USB drive is set to boot before the hard drive in the boot order.

Next Steps

You now understand the process for creating and customizing the Moblin distribution, as well as how to run it on your device. You are now ready to customize Moblin for your needs. Please give us your feedback, your wish lists, and especially your expertise in helping create an excellent Linux platform for the next generation of mobile devices.

Comments (10 total)

htc touch hd

Submitted by foussi on 9 January 2010 - 9:26am.

is possible to install this version in my htc touch hd, plz if someone can help.

Not Able To Load Moblin From USB Drive

Submitted by Daniel Chew on 28 October 2009 - 7:35pm.

I am not able to boot Moblin from my laptop, a Dell LATITUDE D630. I am using the USB way but whenever I boot it, it will show me the splashscreen and the whole OS just hangs. How can I resolve this? I would like to test out Moblin and possibly created some applications on it.

Thanks.

persistent file on usb

Submitted by bhintz on 23 May 2009 - 12:43pm.

I am able to boot on Acer one with usb but cannot find a way to create a persistent file. There must be way to do this and I would surely appreciate any assistence I can get.

thanks,

bjob

Who would ever think that you

Submitted by Alfredo I. on 12 April 2009 - 10:55pm.

Who would ever think that you can own a computer with only $50 in your pocket. Guess what? Now it is possible. With the new Netbook. The $50 small computer called a Netbook is being offered by AT&T when you sign up for their $60 a month data plan. You have a cap on downloads, but you don't need payday loans to get a computer. Netbooks are a smaller versions of laptops, not a lot of memory, but good for some small processing tasks and connecting to the internet. It's good to know you don't have to get payday loans and yet you can get a $50 computer.

Newbie needs help with Menlow target

Submitted by Patrick Keane on 22 February 2009 - 6:17am.

i can build my targets and chroot into them no problem but when i try to boot them in a VM or on a live USB stick the target boots ok until it reaches
"running local boot scripts (.etc/rc.local) or depending on fset used it reaches the starting Bluetooth.

After that the screen blinks (.25 of a sec black/.25 of a sec display).

Any advice would be much appreciated

Boot Moblin image on normal notebook?

Submitted by Cooky on 19 January 2009 - 1:51am.

Hi, can Moblin image boot on normal notebooks, e.g. ThinkPad X200 (12')?

Thanks a lot!

It seems to only run on

Submitted by Cooky on 19 January 2009 - 2:10am.

It seems to only run on Netbooks using Atom at present?

what is the user name and password of the image I created

Submitted by Russell Wu on 10 December 2008 - 9:03pm.

Hi Sir ,
I have successfulyl create the UME IMAGE . But while I plug my USB disk into the target platform . It show :

ume login :

I have no idea about the user id and password . Please help .

Thanks .

you can set a password in a terminal

Submitted by Patrick Keane on 22 February 2009 - 6:03am.

in the MIC select the target and use the terminal to chroot into the image.
set password for root and ume by typing

eg

sudo passwd root

you will have to supply new password (of your choice) twice

That's it build a new Target image, create your USB media and next time you are at the command prompt you can use the password set above.

Hope this helps

Pat

if you're still looking for the password

Submitted by Schnitty on 24 December 2008 - 12:52pm.

as far as i can tell, it's blank. i'm guessing the user is "ume", but there is no password. i just hit enter and it seemed to work fine.