OH i have a clue!

re-reading carefully the instructions i noticed :
See various Wiki entries for details. Alternatively see post #49 in this thread which details the partitioning of various sized memory cards, ultimately creatiing a 0.5GB second partition in each case - formatting of the second partition will take place later on during the cloning process. Use the built-in Internet Tablet File Manager, a Windows PC or mkdosfs on the tablet/Linux PC to format the FAT partition).

I did not format the card using mihouse's script. this (i hope) is the problem. retrying right away. I'll post the results.

ilia