ISO/CD Install

While most modern systems will boot from a USB key, many older models either do not offer support, or simply won't boot from an ubermix key. Luckily, there is a way around this problem. It's as simple a booting off of a Linux LiveCD and then running and install from the ubermix USB key. Steps are as follows:

1. Download and create an ubermix USB key, according to the instructions at http://ubermix.org/download.html
2. Download usb-setup.sh and copy it onto the ubermix USB key, using whatever mechanism is appropriate for your operating system.
3. Download Ubuntu Mini Remix 10.04 (i386) from http://www.ubuntu-mini-remix.org, and burn a CD by following the instructions here under the section entitled, "Burn your CD or create a bootable USB stick"
4. Insert the CD you just burned into the machine you wish to image, and boot it off of the CD. Most systems will just boot off of the CD, but if yours doesn't, watch the screen right after you power on the machine and look for a "Boot Menu" option, or something similar. For example, on Dell systems, you press F12. On HP and Asus, it's usually ESC.
5. Wait for your system to boot completely before proceeding. Should only take 3-4 mins to get you to a prompt
6. Insert the ubermix USB key and wait for feedback on the screen telling you what disk it is. The feedback will look something like this:

[  154.121356] sd 2:0:0:0 [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through 

The name that was assigned to the disk will be in the first line inside brackets []. In the example above, the disk is "sdb".

OK, so we're almost there. Now we just have to type a series of commands into the terminal. Enter each of these commands in order, each followed by pressing the enter key. Keep in mind that these are all case-sensitive:

sudo su -
mkdir /media/UBERMIX
mount /dev/sdX1 /media/UBERMIX (where "X" is replaced by the assigned disk designation that you found in step 3)
bash /media/UBERMIX/usb-setup.sh

Once you enter these commands, you should see a standard ubermix install menu, as described at http://ubermix.org/download.html under the heading, "Installing on your System". Follow the instructions there to complete the install.

When all is complete (could take a while depending on the speed of USB ports and processor) press enter until you are back at a prompt, then type "reboot" to reboot your newly installed system.