Yes it is, and I think its ok now, I factory reset in the bootloader and tried again, this time got
Code:
C:\fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (5742 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.742s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Format partition SOS done
OKAY [ 0.522s]
finished. total time: 1.264s
And now (for a change) I get into CWM fast and I don't receive mount errors when I get there