Argh!! I typed up a nice long response then my browser crashed before I could post it

Basiclly, you're using Debian from a 1 GB image file and not directly from the memory card. What you want to do is format your card to ext2 then install a debian root filesystem on it. See these two threads for help: (Note reads the threads carefully before doing anything!).

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=22561

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=22669

Edit: Also note that, in the second thread, my original method for trying to install a debian root filesystem was flawed. A few pages into that thread much better methods were explained (and also, qole uploaded a debian-apps tarball which can be untarred right on your ext2 partition).

Edit 2: Additionally, qole released a new debian image (final) that has lots of cool new stuff, but at this time (?) there is no root filesystem tarball. So, you could mount the ext2 image then tar it up, then untar it on your partition, but that is a pain. Unless you're familiar with how to do this, I recommend you wait for a tarball...

If you have any other questions, feel free to fire away