HOWTO: Install WindRiver on the Classmate over a network
 

I was able to install WindRiver easily on the Classmate (the netbook) by using the DVD drive of another computer. This only works on Windows, though you can probably find a different iSCSI server for the operating system on your computer with a DVD drive.

The steps I used were as follows:

1. Download Alcohol 52% from here and install it on the computer with the CD drive.
2. Follow the directions at Alcohol's web site to set up the shared drive and install Microsoft iSCSI Initiator on the Classmate.
3. Insert the first DVD into your shared drive. Autorun should start on the Classmate automatically.
4. In the installer, disable everything except for WindRiver.
5. Install and activate Windriver per instructions provided with the DVDs. You'll need to swap out the DVD for disk 2 when prompted.
6. When you're done with the install, make sure to disable the iSCSI target so the original computer's drive behaves normally.
7. Remember to install updates from http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/frcupdates.html

Alternately, you could copy the contents of the two DVDs to sufficiently large flash drives (DON'T BE TEMPTED BY THE RECOVERY FLASH DRIVE). I didn't have any laying around, so I found the iSCSI method more convenient.

P.S. I typed this post on the Classmate - the keyboard isn't as bad as it first feels, but the ' key is in a really weird place.