Yes the script is much simpler in OS2008 but same workaround can be applied.

Just beware to not to write to the partition you boot from over USB too. This is not problem with Windows but many Linux distributions now helpfully automount every partition on the card including the one you boot from so it is very easy to cause data corruption. People solved it by modifying some script on tablet that exports the card over USB so that it only exports specific (the first, FAT) partition instead of whole card. Don't have direct link now, search this forum for more details.