You'll need to partition your card. See the Help topic. http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=56524
sudo fdisk /dev/sdb o n p 1 <press enter> +128M t c n p 2 <press enter> <press enter> w sudo mkdosfs /dev/sdb1 sudo mke2fs -j /dev/sdb2 -m0 If you receive an error saying "mounted.... " type: sudo umount /dev/sdb1 Again if you get a mounted error for: mke2fs sudo umount /dev/sdb2 (for mke2fs line) mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt Download the android file to your desktop cd /mnt sudo tar xjvvpf ../home/USERNAME/DesktopNITDroid-N900-0.0.3-1-Demo.tbz2 umount /mnt