I'll make it nice and easy!
~$ root Nokia-N900:~# cd /home/user/MyDocs Nokia-N900:/home/user/MyDocs# bzip2 -d gingerbread.tar.bz2 Nokia-N900:/home/user/MyDocs# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and Nokia-N900:/home/user/MyDocs# cd /and (!Check that you really are in /and dir!) Nokia-N900:/and# rm -rf * (this removes all the files from the old installation) Nokia-N900:/and# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/gingerbread.tar Nokia-N900:/and# cd /home/user/MyDocs Nokia-N900:/home/user/MyDocs# dpkg -i nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb
This works. All works. Apply the patches using the same method as installing gingerbread (.tar blah blah). I have no issues.