Author Topic: [Solved] How to install Gnome Zen Mini on netbook using USB stick?  (Read 1481 times)

Offline Ozdemon

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I have scoured the forums on this topic but have ended up confused.  Unetbootin is deprecated, the pclos-liveusbcreator seems to be only available if you already have pclos, and the universal usb installer available on the net does not mention the Zen Mini as an available installation.

Can anyone tell me if there is a straightforward way to get the gnome zen mini on to a netbook that is presently running Luscious Lamb Chops 10.04 (with XP Virtualbox)?

Cheers.
« Last Edit: May 11, 2011, 12:20:24 AM by Ozdemon »
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Re: How to install Gnome Zen Mini on netbook using USB stick?
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2011, 07:23:13 PM »
a external dvd dirve is the simplest solution

unetbootin can load a livecd iso into a usb flash drive

zen is just pclinux but not using kde4
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Offline Ozdemon

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Re: [Solved] How to install Gnome Zen Mini on netbook using USB stick?
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2011, 12:25:54 AM »
Turned out to be much easier than I expected.

Step 1
Download Gnome Zen Mini Desktop distro

Step 2
Download Universal USB installer http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

Step 3
Startup XP Virtualbox machine and run Universal USB installer as per onscreen instructions (it doesn't mention the Zen mini version - just choose PCLOS 2010 from the drop-down menu and then browse to your actual zen .iso)

Step 4
Boot up the netbook from the USB and install Zen Mini   ;D

All up it took less than 10 minutes.

(1) AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+,  2 x WD 500G SATA, 4G RAM (2x2G), GIGABYTE GA-MA770-DS3, Nvidia GForce 8600GT, PCLOS Gnome
(2) MSI U230 Netbook LXDE PCLOS