Installing SnowLeopard on MacBook Air with USB pendrive/thumbdrive/stick

Installing Snow Leopard on MacBook Air without Remote Disc

• Insert SnowLeopard DVD in a Linux system
• Insert a 8GB thumb drive in a USB port in the same system
• /dev/sr0(DVD) and /dev/sdb(THUMBDRIVE) may be different based on your setup
• Issue the command "dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/dev/sdb"
• Insert the thumbdrive in MacBookAir USB Slot and restart
• Hold down the ALT key at boot until two volumes are shown "Macintosh HD" and the second one as "Mac OS X Install DVD" or similar
• click on the option related to USB Drive "Mac OS X Install DVD"
• Snow leopard automatically selects "Macintosh HD" as install destination, oterhwise do it manually
• Enjoy after installation