Lenovo A1 wont boot without bootable sdcard.....it wont flash

hey help me anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
my lenovo is dead!!!!!!!!!
i tried to flash this ics ota through cwm.........when i tried it failed.........then my recovery got messed up..........it wasnt installing any update.zip.....then i read a post.....to create a bootable sdcard with A1Bootsd.img........now i can go to cwm but evev if i flash cwm.....it doesnt stay.....i mean when i pull the sdcard out....the device wont even start.....by the i can access adb commands through cwm......but icant push file to internal sdcard....it says failed to mount as R/W.........plzz help me.....its totally dead!!!!!!!! HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry i posted dis twice

Use one of the OTA .zip files and copy it to an external SD card. Then boot your a1 like your doing an update with the power button vol + button and it will find the update.zip file on the external SD card. I used the latest .zip file and then renamed it to update.zip 2643 US file I had to use my laptop to put the .zip file on my SD card because of course my A1 wasn't working after installing the ICS_OTA.
http://download.lenovo.com/slates/a1/OTA

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