I did a search but couldn't find what I was looking for. I enabled R&D mode via ubuntu running in vmware. Now when running the ./flasher-3.0 --disable-rd-mode --reboot nothing happens, I hold down the home key while pressing the power button. The N800 turns on and stays on the screen with the usb icon and also the r&d icon until I remove the usb cable where it then boots up like normal.

Ok, now that was truly odd I decided to give it one more try. I had tried several other times, even rebooting ubuntu, this time it finally worked which is good but I have no clue what it didn't before?