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Originally Posted by Machster View Post
Fanoush,

Just some feedback from a relatively new user here. When I received my n800 a few weeks ago I immediately flashed to the latest release OS2008. I was surprised at the lack of memory after adding just a few applications.

I searched for a solution and found the thread for using the SD card instead of the internal flash for OS2007. Then Sunday I successfully (i.e. no errors) completed instructions posted by Millhouse using your initfs_flasher. However I have had no luck booting from the internal slot using a partitioned 16GB card. The bootmenu is installed but selecting the second partition results in a failure every time. I have repeated the installation process to no avail.

I have read here in the forums that some have had success (albeit without access to WIFI???) and some like myself that have not. It is yet unclear to me after browsing the forums that this process is successful with the n800 and OS2008. This thread makes it sound that a custom bootmenu file may need to be in the initfs_flasher folder?
Update:

I have now also attempted to clone the OS to a 1GB Kingmax card. During the cloning process outlined by Millhouse many errors are being generated when taring the ./usr directory. These errors include "Cannot open: No such file or directory" or "Cannot open: Input Output error". If I let xterm run it takes about 12 hours for step 4 to stop. After that it won't complete step 5 and the file system on the second partition is corrupt. Xterm is also unresponsive at this point.

I decided to reflash OS2008 and start from scratch. But after repeating all the steps again, including installing the bootmenu, the results have been exactly the same. The new cloned 16GB will not boot and the seasoned 1GB card is still generating errors during cloning.