an even easier way to install your favorite distribution, say from the one you use on your desktop, is to just copy everything from that machine's partition(s) that contain the distribution to the target flash or USB disk (assuming it will fit). After you copy the distribution, just copy the /boot, ...

Yet another distro running on OLPC XO... This time it's Ubuntu Mobile: ( http://eclecti.cc/olpc/ubuntu-mobile-on-an-olpc-xo ) great links everyone. i've included puppy(currently firehydrant) in my free linux cd's stack at the local coffee shop for a year now, but have never had reason to use it ext...