Here's a thought: Can I just use dd to burn the a10kernel20130203.img file directly to the NAND flash once its mounted via the OTG port? It seems like it's the tools that are getting in my way here and once I can just get a valid image onto the NAND I think I will be okay. BTW - I can totally see the boot partition and all the files on it. Maybe there is something manual I can do? Maybe an config file got corrupted or something?
Thanks again for any help pcDuinoer