Thanks for the patience people.. i managed to get this far lol :S what should i do next..? ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo flasher --load -k /home/ubuntu/Downloads/vmlinuz-2.6.32.20112201-11.2-adaptation-n950-bootloader -n /home/ubuntu/Downloads/initrd.img-rescue-2.6.32.20112201-11.2-n950 --boot
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct 5 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting...
USB device found at bus 003, device address 004.
Device identifier: 357923040690689 (SN: N/A)
Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1603
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_005
Sending kernel image (2497 kB)...
100% (2497 of 2497 kB, avg. 39648 kB/s)
Sending initfs image (1920 kB)...
100% (1920 of 1920 kB, avg. 38400 kB/s)
Success

Anyone............?

Okay, so did you see the new disk drives pop visible on your PC when you got to this point?
What should happen, is you should now have 3 new devices available on your system; the rootfs, the /home and the /MyDocs

As you are using Ubuntu, the mountpoints are under /media but I believe you should have 3 different file folders pop up on your display.

No i didn't see anything new devices come up and couldn't find them. If they don't come up apparently you find exact partition's names found on your Nokia N9/N950 and mount these partitions?

$ fdisk -l$ sudo mkdir /mnt/n9; sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/n9

How do i go about doing that..

Well, open a new console and give command "sudo fdisk -l"

What happens, is it shows all partitions that are mounted to your Linux box.
There probably is something that starts like /dev/sdb-something.

Please show what you see.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 90845 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xebfcfc03

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 4294967295 2147483647+ ee GPT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

Disk /dev/sdb: 7964 MB, 7964983296 bytes
91 heads, 18 sectors/track, 9497 cylinders, total 15556608 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 8192 15556607 7774208 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/sdc: 29 MB, 29393408 bytes
1 heads, 10 sectors/track, 5740 cylinders, total 57409 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 57408 28704 1 FAT12

Disk /dev/sdd: 20 MB, 20972032 bytes
1 heads, 2 sectors/track, 20480 cylinders, total 40961 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 40960 20480 4 FAT16 <32M

Okay, this looks a bit different than what I expected.
The warning about /dev/sda being GUID partition is okay, that's your system's linux rootdisk, and nowdays old-style partition tables are considered legacy.

the other disks, sdb to sdd thouhg, seem to be windows fat partitions, probably housing windows on your machine.

I cannot see any N9 partitions there, which is strange...

Could you do a "dmesg" command after you push the kernel & initramfs to your N9?
There could probably be a logging about the reason why the filesystem exports are not detected....
(dmesg output is fairly long, just copy the last 50 lines or so here)

One other thing you might want to try BTW.
Instead of the rescue kernel&initramfs, you can downlload the latest ubiboot kernel which contains the integrated maintanance mode.

• Get it from here: http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot...3.5_301013.tar
• Unpack the tarfile, and you will get the ubiboot kernel (zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013)
• Boot your N9 with the kernel; "sudo flasher -k zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013 -l -b"

Now, see if this gives you a better filesystem export.

[ 5.464772] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024

[ 5.632533] usb 3-4: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 5.649028] usb 3-4: New USB device found, idVendor=054c, idProduct=0707
[ 5.649034] usb 3-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5.649038] usb 3-4: Product: DSC-W710
[ 5.649050] usb 3-4: Manufacturer: Sony
[ 5.649052] usb 3-4: SerialNumber: C605305834E3
[ 5.652228] usb-storage 3-4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 5.652339] scsi6 : usb-storage 3-4:1.0
[ 5.652391] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 5.662002] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 8.1, id: 0x1e2b1, caps: 0xd00123/0x840300/0x127c00, board id: 1999, fw id: 1106483
[ 5.697824] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
[ 5.712623] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2195.013 MHz
[ 5.720781] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 5.814450] [drm] fb mappable at 0xB0474000
[ 5.814454] [drm] vram apper at 0xB0000000
[ 5.814455] [drm] size 4325376
[ 5.814456] [drm] fb depth is 24
[ 5.814457] [drm] pitch is 5632
[ 5.814589] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 5.814825] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0489, idProduct=e036
[ 5.814827] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 5.814828] usb 1-1.2: Product: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
[ 5.814829] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Atheros Communications
[ 5.814830] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: Alaska Day 2006
[ 5.884964] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 5.987499] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=5986, idProduct=02d3
[ 5.987501] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 5.987502] usb 1-1.3: Product: USB2.0 Camera
[ 5.987503] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: USB2.0 Camera
[ 6.421557] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 6.424154] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 6.424156] radeon 0000:01:00.0: registered panic notifier
[ 6.424295] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.36.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 6.650129] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Sony DSC 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 6.650421] scsi 6:0:0:1: Direct-Access Sony DSC 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 6.650711] scsi 6:0:0:2: Direct-Access Sony DSC 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 6.651035] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 6.651330] sd 6:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 6.651337] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 15556608 512-byte logical blocks: (7.96 GB/7.41 GiB)
[ 6.651523] sd 6:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[ 6.662533] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 6.662537] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0f 00 00 00
[ 6.662698] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] 57409 512-byte logical blocks: (29.3 MB/28.0 MiB)
[ 6.673486] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.673489] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.684628] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] Write Protect is on
[ 6.684634] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] Mode Sense: 0f 00 80 00
[ 6.684814] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] 40961 512-byte logical blocks: (20.9 MB/20.0 MiB)
[ 6.695644] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.695649] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.695926] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] Write Protect is on
[ 6.695932] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] Mode Sense: 0f 00 80 00
[ 6.699897] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.699900] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.713836] Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 6.719047] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.719052] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.731822] sdb: sdb1
[ 6.742723] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.742728] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.764605] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.764609] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.765308] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
[ 6.769470] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.769474] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.769476] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 6.773936] sdc: sdc1
[ 6.776815] sdd: sdd1
[ 6.809643] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.809647] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.809649] sd 6:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 6.834652] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] No Caching mode page found
[ 6.834657] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6.834661] sd 6:0:0:2: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 18.858843] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[ 34.100268] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 34.501338] systemd-udevd[1304]: starting version 204
[ 35.381676] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 35.662811] init: cups main process (1349) killed by HUP signal
[ 35.662824] init: cups main process ended, respawning
[ 35.664186] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 35.903138] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.17
[ 35.903155] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 35.903157] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 35.903164] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 35.903168] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 35.903172] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 36.140973] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 36.140985] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 36.140990] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 36.141459] sony_laptop: Sony Notebook Control Driver v0.6
[ 36.141568] input: Sony Vaio Keys as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:02/SNY5001:00/input/input6
[ 36.141660] input: Sony Vaio Jogdial as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:02/SNY5001:00/input/input7
[ 36.147673] sony_laptop: brightness ignored, must be controlled by ACPI video driver
[ 36.208126] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000428-0x000000000000042f SystemIO conflicts with Region \PMIO 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[ 36.208135] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 36.208140] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000530-0x000000000000053f SystemIO conflicts with Region \GPIO 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[ 36.208143] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 36.208144] ACPI Warning: 0x0000000000000500-0x000000000000052f SystemIO conflicts with Region \GPIO 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[ 36.208146] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 36.208148] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 36.494320] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[ 36.572815] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 36.572819] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 36.572829] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 36.572867] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 36.712966] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 36.729365] acer_wmi: Acer Laptop ACPI-WMI Extras
[ 36.730096] acer_wmi: Brightness must be controlled by acpi video driver
[ 36.730259] input: Acer BMA150 accelerometer as /devices/virtual/input/input8
[ 36.810282] kvm: disabled by bios
[ 36.818454] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 37.149900] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 37.295934] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath3k
[ 37.311525] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 37.502560] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB2.0 Camera (5986:02d3)
[ 37.504180] input: USB2.0 Camera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/1-1.3:1.0/input/input9
[ 37.504246] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 37.504248] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
[ 37.507167] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 37.507170] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 37.507172] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 37.507174] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 37.507175] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 37.507177] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 37.507178] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 37.509857] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[ 37.531639] init: failsafe main process (1538) killed by TERM signal
[ 37.603822] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0489, idProduct=e036
[ 37.603827] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 37.603831] usb 1-1.2: Product: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
[ 37.603834] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Atheros Communications
[ 37.603836] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: Alaska Day 2006
[ 37.776185] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 47 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 37.826176] intel_rapl: domain uncore energy ctr 0:0 not working, skip
[ 37.843026] SKU: Nid=0x1d sku_cfg=0x4016862d
[ 37.843029] SKU: port_connectivity=0x1
[ 37.843030] SKU: enable_pcbeep=0x1
[ 37.843031] SKU: check_sum=0x00000006
[ 37.843032] SKU: customization=0x00000086
[ 37.843033] SKU: external_amp=0x5
[ 37.843033] SKU: platform_type=0x1
[ 37.843034] SKU: swap=0x0
[ 37.843035] SKU: override=0x1
[ 37.843252] autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[ 37.843255] speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 37.843256] hp_outs=1 (0x15/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 37.843257] mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 37.843258] inputs:
[ 37.843259] Mic=0x18
[ 37.843261] Internal Mic=0x12
[ 37.843262] realtek: No valid SSID, checking pincfg 0x4016862d for NID 0x1d
[ 37.843263] realtek: Enabling init ASM_ID=0x862d CODEC_ID=10ec0269
[ 37.847689] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input11
[ 37.847781] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 37.848080] hda-intel 0000:01:00.1: Handle VGA-switcheroo audio client
[ 37.848082] hda-intel 0000:01:00.1: Using LPIB position fix
[ 37.848116] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 37.850456] hda-intel 0000:01:00.1: Enable sync_write for stable communication
[ 37.909752] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 37.909822] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input12
[ 38.352718] ath: phy0: ASPM enabled: 0x42
[ 38.352722] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 38.352723] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 38.352725] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 38.352726] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 38.492005] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 38.492320] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9485 Rev:1 mem=0xffffc90004a80000, irq=16
[ 40.881837] init: alsa-restore main process (1831) terminated with status 99
[ 40.990727] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 40.993766] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 41.135672] r8169 0000:0e:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 41.135720] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 41.136158] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 44.058420] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
[ 44.064178] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process (2362) terminated with status 1
[ 44.064192] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
[ 55.810648] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 56.109254] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 56.409548] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 56.709868] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 57.010195] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 57.310502] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 57.610835] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 57.911141] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 58.211457] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 69.616058] systemd-hostnamed[3695]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname!
[ 79.522137] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:17:3a:d3:01
[ 79.529030] wlan0: send auth to 00:24:17:3a:d3:01 (try 1/3)
[ 79.531392] wlan0: authenticated
[ 79.531571] ath9k 0000:02:00.0 wlan0: disabling HT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 79.531577] ath9k 0000:02:00.0 wlan0: disabling VHT as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
[ 79.533755] wlan0: associate with 00:24:17:3a:d3:01 (try 1/3)
[ 79.536731] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:24:17:3a:d3:01 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
[ 79.536958] wlan0: associated
[ 79.536969] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 519.505538] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 519.522277] usb 3-1: unable to get BOS descriptor
[ 519.523258] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0421, idProduct=0106
[ 519.523266] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=34, Product=38, SerialNumber=0
[ 519.523269] usb 3-1: Product: Nokia USB ROM
[ 519.523272] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Nokia
[ 522.527100] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 524.118394] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 524.142457] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0421, idProduct=0105
[ 524.142465] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
[ 524.142469] usb 3-1: Product: N9 (Update mode)
[ 524.142472] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Nokia
[ 524.142475] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: 357923040690689
[ 524.173885] NET: Registered protocol family 35
[ 524.194783] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_phonet
[ 524.855252] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 4

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo flasher -k /home/ubuntu/Downloads/zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013 -l -b
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct 5 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting...
USB device found at bus 003, device address 004.
Device identifier: 357923040690689 (SN: N/A)
Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1603
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_005
Sending kernel image (11672 kB)...
100% (11672 of 11672 kB, avg. 40250 kB/s)
Success

Also came up with some details on my phone in green writing