It's pretty simple really, since the entire system fits on a CD, which can be blown from either Windows or Linux.
It can also be put on a Thumb-Drive, but the instructions depend on which type of desktop you're doing the preparation from. You could even build the whole distribution from the ground up, if you wanted to.
Since you need to boot the Eee from something attached to a USB port, your choices are :
On 20-Feb-2008, the name of the download page is changing (for IRL reasons) from EeeDora.RMBSanalytics.com to EeeDora.ComplexValues.com - it may take a couple of days for the DNS stuff to settle down, though - apologies
livecd-iso-to-disk XYZ.iso /dev/sdb1”, where XYZ.iso is the name of the ISO file, and /dev/sdb1 is the name of the USB key partition where you want the image. livecd-iso-to-disk” installed, you will need to install the ”livecd-tools” package (and dependencies). The easiest way to to this is to use yum:# yum install -y livecd-toolsC:\Temp\EeeDoraZip)C: (where the files were extracted)cd \Temp\EeeDoraZip\ (where the files were extracted)syslinux -ma F: (assuming the thumb-drive is your F: drive)xcopy /s *.* F:\ (to copy the two main directories onto the thumbdrive - takes about 5 mins total for 10 files)syslinux /dev/sdb1 (supposing that /dev/sdb1 is the name of the USB key partition where you want the image)mkdir /media/disk1/mount /dev/sdb1 /media/disk1gunzip XYZ.zip -d /media/disk1/ - which should put two directories /syslinux and /LiveOS onto the thumb-drive's root directoryF2 to get to the BIOS setup - and on the Boot screen, change the Hard Disk boot order so that USB drive is at the top of the list, then press F10 to save and exitXFCE should boot automaticallyCtrl-Alt-T : Brings up a TerminalCtrl-Alt-F : Brings up a File-Finder (Thunar)Ctrl-Alt-B : Brings up a Browser (Firefox)Ctrl-Alt-W : Brings up Wifi-Radar (to connect to an access-point)eeedora - lame, I know.wifi-radar under the network tab, or the Ctrl-Alt-W shortcut keyDistrust plugin installed by defaultTruecrypt module is installed - so your data can be encrypted strongly /root/eee-setup/addons/install that makes it easy to install a wide variety of stuff - like OpenOffice, media players, flash, java, etc…There are quite a lot of quirky things that still need to be sorted out.
Please see the issues page to see what needs fixing, and see whether you can contribute a hint or a solution…