Introduction
Moblin Image Creator is a tool you can use to create an image of a target environment. You can use the image to develop on a platform or architecture that is different than your current development system. You can copy the image to an actual device so that your applications can be tested and distributed. The tool is extremely flexible with platform-specific knowledge isolated to each platform definition. By selecting a platform architecture, you can create a platform-specific build-environment, or "project." For any project, you can create a number of individual target file-systems, or "targets," and add to the targets bundles of related packages that provide a certain high-level functionality, called "functional sets" (fsets). You can create images of the targets, which can be copied to a mobile device.

Users of Image Creator generally follow these steps:

1. Create a project.
2. Add a target to the project.
3. Install desired fsets on the target.
4. Add your own code or applications to the target.
5. Create an image from the target.
6. Write the image to a USB drive:
   • Live images allows you to boot from the USB drive, without modifying the mobile device hard drive.
   • Non-live images erase and replace the mobile device hard drive contents with the contents of the image.
7. Boot the device off of the image.

This guide walks you through the process of creating a working image for your mobile device. We assume that you already have Moblin Image Creator installed and you have created a target. Running this image on a device boots the Linux kernel, loads the appropriate drivers, starts X, shows the UI, and allows you to launch applications.

Supported Devices
Image Creator currently allows you to create an image for a Samsung Q1 Ultra*. However, you don't need to have this device to develop applications. For application or driver development, or to simply test run the UI, you can run everything using Xephyr ( a virtual X session) on your Linux workstation. Instructions for installing and running Xephyr are described here.

Update Your Image on the Workstation
Before creating an image, you may want to update or configure your target. You can do this easily on the workstation by chrooting into the target file-system:

1. Select a project in the Platform Projects section.
2. Select a target in the Targets section.
3. Select the Terminal button in the Targets section (a new terminal is started, chrooted into the target file-system).
4. Modify the target system as desired. Add packages (apt-get install [pkg]), add media content, or change configuration settings.

To install a specific gstreamer codec package, run the following command from the target's terminal:
If you would like all gstreamer codecs, use:

The following table shows the supported formats and their corresponding packages.

Live vs. Installable Images
Warning: Non-live images will wipe out your target system hard drive. Before you start this task, be sure you know if you created a live or an installable image.

1. Insert a USB drive into the USB port on your mobile device.
2. Plug in a keyboard, if necessary.
3. Boot to the BIOS. This usually means pressing F2 repeatedly during the initial 2-3 seconds.
4. Move the USB pen drive to first place in the boot order (Look for USB HDD).
5. Press F10, save, and reboot.
6. When the system reboots, wait for the boot prompt. Press Enter.
   Note: This process takes approximately 5 minutes.

When the system reboots, you will boot into the UI.