updated and tried the restore. it restored all my repos.
Bad: It didn't enable the maemo extras repo which was when i did the backup, i had to manually install python runtime, it failed on installs where i didn't use application manager to install which was only 2, and the app restore failed a few times for no apparent reason.
Good:I like that i didn't have to add all the repos, it keep the list of apps that needed to be restored until they were all done so i didn't have to go through one by one to install, it did that automagically for me.
It isn't completely 100% yet but much better than the restore experience in os2007.
I have a friend, that has an uncle, that drinks beer from time to time with someone who knows a guy that gets hints from a unofficial source that supposedly has an insider in a company that works with an other company that takes out the trash in the Nokia HQ in Africa.
There you have it!
You're still in r&d mode. Hook it up like you're going to flash it again, and do a "./flasher(which ever version you're using) --disable-rd-mode" Then unhook the nokia and reboot.