Netbooks by nature do not have optical drives, so the way to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix, abbreviated UNR, is to use the usb-creator program to create a bootable USB stick.
This program is on the UNR 9.10 ISO image itself. To access it, burn the UNR image to a CD or alternatively use an ISO mounting program in Windows, such as Virtual CloneDrive (free, works in 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 32 or 64-bit).
Some of you may have encountered the following error on attempt to install UNR:
can not mount /dev/loop1 on /cow
If you get this, recreate your bootable USB stick using the "Discarded on shutdown, unlessyou save them elsewhere" option, like this:
This should cure the "/cow" error when booting UNR 9.10 from a USB stick. You will then be able to install UNR normally.
Note that the "/cow" error is not indigenous to any specific computer. It’s been reported to occur on the Dell mini 10v, Acer Aspire One and several other PCs and netbooks. Also be aware this error only appears to occur when booting UNR from a USB stick and not from burned CD/DVD.
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