I downloaded ubuntu 7.10 and burnt a disk. Then i ran the disk and installed(not in the true sense) ubuntu using install ubuntu option. This will not install ubuntu completely on to your system. In fact it does nothing to the previous operating system you have.
since wifi wont work immediatly i used a ethernet cable to download both the 0s2008 bin file and the 3.0 flasher for x86. now go to applications and open xterm and follow the instructions on the cnet site....http://www.cnet.com/surveillance-sta....html?tag=head
Just one thing extra.
After opening do the following

cd Desktop
chmod a+x ./flasher-3.0
./flasher-3.0 -u -F RX-44_2008SE_1.2007.42-18_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
after unpacking

sudo ./flasher-3.0 --enable-rd-mode
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -k zImage -f
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -n initfs.jffs2 -f
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -r rootfs.jffs2 -f -R

And that is it you are done.
I am a linux noob and i assure you tat it is a lot easier than it looks.

And dont worry about bricking it... just follow the instructions and you will hvae os2008.

Thanks for posting this.

I assume the following: -

Ubuntu is booted to run from the cd and is used purely in order to run flasher-3.0?

The files flasher-3.0 and RX-44_2008SE_1.2007.42-18_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin are located in the Desktop folder on your (Windows) pc?

The commands
cd Desktop
chmod a+x ./flasher-3.0
./flasher-3.0 -u -F RX-44_2008SE_1.2007.42-18_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin
are from the Linux Ubuntu terminal?

The commands
sudo ./flasher-3.0 --enable-rd-mode
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -k zImage -f
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -n initfs.jffs2 -f
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -r rootfs.jffs2 -f -R
are from the N800 terminal?

Is this correct?

No everything is from the ubuntu terminal.
Everything else is correct.

Wait... the files of both flasher and the bin should be on the ubuntu desktop!!

Thanks for the clarification.

OK I guess I need to burn my Gutsy Gibbon cd and get stuck in.

Thanks again.

I've been with Ubuntu for 11 months now, by far the longest continuous Linux install I've had in 10 yrs. It's ready for home. Seriously. (I just threw it onto some computer illiterate friends' laptop and am watching it closely. It's about 3x faster than XP was... before it cacked on them.)

If you want to skip needing to do "sudo" before each command, you can probably just do sudo su, which sets the terminal into "superuser" mode, which gives root privileges. I haven't used Ubuntu though, so I'm not entirely sure.

Now where do I find this?
I downloaded the PuppyLinux and still am looking for the flasher...
Anyone with a good link?
Cheers,

link is there in the cnet instructions.....

cant believe i missed it
must get my lenses checked
thanks sachin007

one quick question.

Once you hookup the USB cable with N800, will ubuntu automatically recognize the device?

is there anything visually appears confirms that N800 is connected fine?

I am planning to run ubuntu with my VMWare, any complication?

Thanks,