Run a pre-built Moblin Image on your netbook or MID

Do you want to try Moblin on your netbook? Follow the steps below to download and run a Moblin Live USB image on your netbook or mobile device.

All of the images below are live images that can be run without modifying the hard drive or configuration of your netbook. When you're done, just remove the USB drive and reboot.

Pre-requisites

• Linux operating system with Python 2.4 or newer.
• A USB drive with the capacity of the uncompressed image size selected below.

Steps

1. Download an image for your platform
   

   Image File	Date Created	Compressed	Uncompressed	Description
   Image Coming Soon	09/18/08	249 MB	422 MB	XFCE Desktop with Firefox browser

2. Download image-writer
   Image Writer is a small python executable script that detects your USB drive and writes the image to it. It safely performs the following command:
   
      # dd bs=4096 if=<image file> of=<usb drive>

   
   Download Image Writer
3. Uncompress Image and Run Image Writer
   Uncompress the downloaded image. Insert your USB drive in your Linux workstation. Run Image Writer.
   Note: Image Writer requires root permission.
   
   $ gunzip <downloaded image file path>
$ sudo image-writer <uncompressed image file path>

4. Boot your netbook or mobile device from the USB drive
   
   Insert the USB drive in your netbook and reboot. Make sure that the netbook boot order tries the USB drive first.