Hello,

I made a new Mandriva Live CD with Firebird and some docs

Inside is Mandriva One 2008.0, Firebird 2.0.3 Classic, Flamerobin.
it is fast to download and install, and also safe to try with a live mode

To download it :
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/firebird-fr/fbmdv2008one.iso
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/firebird-fr/fbmdv2008one.iso.md5.txt