I have tried this and I, again, have 8MB partition like the other guys. So even after flashing with --no-preserve ! My phone is RM-696 rev. 1507 (16GB black model) Can you guys confirm you solved the "small partition" issue and how exactly?
BTW I can tether-boot Sailfish with this command in Linux: flasher -k zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013 -l -b