Is there an ideal state for the SDHC card to be in when you first start on this process (i.e., doing the steps of Post #1 on this thread)? That is, is it best when you first insert the mmc for it to be

(a) formatted by the Panasonic SD formatter and left in that state?
(b) formatted on a PC using the Windows format tool to make it Fat32? or
(c) formatted within the NIT with the File Manager's format option?

If (d) would be something one does on a Linux machine, that's not an option for me.

I've managed this cloning once before, but the system went haywire (wouldn't load MicroB and wouldn't install or uninstall anything), so now I'm doing it again. I think I may have had a corrupt file somewhere in the system.

But on this round, I've tried many times, but every time I can't get past the partitioning and formatting. Often, I get the partition1 formatted to DOS, and then I reboot and when I go to partition2 for mke2fs, the Tablet tells me I have a corrupt or unformatted card (or sometimes, at this point something else goes wrong).

If it matters, the card is a SanDisk Extreme III 8GB. It is not the same card that I previously used for a boot mmc. It's brand new (or was!).