Having a problem installing Sailfish on my N9. Currently I am using a mac and having a few problems. BTW using this guide (as expected):

http://wiki.maemo.org/Sailfish

My current problems are the following:

1. I keep getting a partition error on my nokia n9. I think the problem is my mac can't open .rpm (although I do have a tool which does it however I don't think it does it correctly). So I have been using a .zip for the MOLSO kernel however I have a feeling that the mac software (flasher etc) aren't compatible with .zip version. Am I correct in thinking this is the case?

2. Has anyone tried this method by installing ubuntu in a virtual machine. I tried using virtualbox however the problem is my virtual box wont detect my n9 in usb mode (I think that is what it is called) it automatically defaults to OSX usb drivers. i.e. (sorry if that hasn't been clear) if I was to run flasher in my virtual machine and in OSX the flasher in OSX would detect the n9.

Yes I have setup guest additions for virtual box which allows usb devices to be used in the virtual machine. I can detect mass storage devices

Just wondered if anyone could help with any of these issues.

Thanks in advance

James