~ $ Df -h
-sh: Df: not found
~ $ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mmcblk0p2 4.0M 2.2M 1.8M 54% /mnt/initfs
none 512.0k 92.0k 420.0k 18% /mnt/initfs/tmp
/dev/mmcblk0p2 1.6G 286.6M 1.3G 18% /
none 512.0k 92.0k 420.0k 18% /tmp
none 1.0M 60.0k 964.0k 6% /dev
tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mmcblk0p1 120.9M 0 120.9M 0% /media/mmc2
~ $

is this bad since it changed?

As far as why it didn't work.. can't help you.. we just did the same steps in order as they were supposed to be done. No idea how you ended up with an 800mb partition the first time.

Your setup now looks perfect. 1.6G /, and a 125mb FAT on /media/mmc2. That is what you should have. You are working and ready and to do whatever you want.

Don't throw away the other card... I highly doubt there is something wrong with it.. just put it in and re-format it and use the whole 2gb as storage.

Thanks for the quick reply!

Just to be extra certain of there being no external factors affecting the df -h output, I've started the process from step one again.

Format internal memory card from N810
Reflash to Diablo
Format internal memory card again for good measure
Uninstall Maps and Tutorial
Delete preloaded Images, Music, and Documents files
Download install-tools from penguinbait's website
df -h from before install tools

~ $ df -h

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on

/dev/mtdblock4 4.0M 2.6M 1.4M 64% /mnt/initfs

none 512.0k 76.0k 436.0k 15% /mnt/initfs/tmp

/dev/mtdblock4 249.5M 100.5M 149.0M 40% /

none 512.0k 76.0k 436.0k 15% /tmp

none 1.0M 52.0k 972.0k 5% /dev

tmpfs 1.0M 0 1.0M 0% /dev/shm

/dev/mmcblk0p1 1.9G 4.0k 1.9G 0% /media/mmc2

so at this point, there is a 1.9 gig free partition on my internal slot.
I ran install tools with no problems and reboot to SD card.

the relevant df -h gets me....

/dev/mmcblk0p2 1.6G total 1.2G used 428.8M free 73%

... Wait, the SD card boot here already has some settings from the last cloning (I moved around and renamed some of the folders in the Applications List to more suit my needs and it still has a wlan connection setting setup from before formatting)

This... is really odd? o_0 the memory card is retaining information somehow...

Gonna connect the n810 to Windows and perform a full format on the internal card rather than quick format

well i can't thank you enough. your advice was greatly appreciated

Looks like it worked correctly though... 1.6G partition. It may not have re-formatted the SD card which means the data was still present and just innaccessible until the partition table was fixed by the Install tools..

Shouldn't be a problem.. but you could start over if you like. That is what you want to see there.

@Quicksilver

No Problem.. just glad we eventually got it working for you.

that worked a treat thank you

one last question.
is it safe to delete install tools from the file manager?
i assume never remove install tools from the application manager as well right?

Safe to delete them from both.

Seems to got it working.
Needed to do it three times before my n810 could install the deb.
I only have tow remarks now.

1. You scared the living hell out of me with that wav. (btw are you dutch?)
2. I searched whole of google for that menu button. Could kind folks on here put a screen with that button :-)

Okay, I'm just confounded now.

Windows slow format in FAT32, power down and reboot n810, clone completely clean copy of Diablo (newly flashed, nothing in documents/images/etc), and after install tool finishes, booting into SD gets me back the files i had in the clone directory from before i formatted.

Except, instead of 620 MB or so of useable space, now i have 410MB of it. Where is all this junk data coming from... do i have a bad internal memory card or something?

A strange thing i've noticed is that i haven't needed to install install-tools more than once anymore. the first few times i had to reboot it inbetween 2 "installs" (penguinbait mentioned that it has something to do with the tablet needing to correctly remount the drive after newly partitioning it), but now it is capable of installing it straight up... hmm....

so something is being retained despite flash and formatting... maybe i should pull battery, flash, format, pull battery and try again...