For those in this thread who were among the first to update their N800's to OS2008, thank you for being pioneers.

For future upgraders, I would like to suggest a minor change to the procedures. I have tested this and it works.


-- For step 6 in the instructions, the first flash command after you connect the N800,
sudo ./flasher-3.0 --enable-rd-mode is NOT needed.
It puts the N800 into "R&D mode", but that is not necessary for this procedure. Just skip that one.

If you have already issued that flash command, then when you complete the steps your N800 will still be in "R&D mode". It is not strictly necessary, but if you want to turn off R&D mode you'll need to use the flasher program one more time with the command:
sudo ./flasher-3.0 --disable-rd-mode


I have updated this information in the other thread:
How to put OS2008 on N800.... now!
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11693