"Chris Wilkinson" <kinsham@verizon.net> writes: > Is it necessary to flash-kernel? Once /boot on HD is populated with > the new kernel, doesn’t it finally boot from that and it doesn’t matter what version is flashed? redboot is configured to read the kernel from the flash, so yes, you need flash-kernel. I've not tested to load a kernel from disk so I've no idea if you can configure and use redboot to do it (but it's unlikely). Arnaud