still clawing my way through the previous replies to my admittedly tedious questions, but since i want to get specific with this issue, i thought a new thread would be in order.
i think my biggest obstacle with this DB410C is just getting used to a new boot process that is clearly more sophisticated than what i'm used to with other boards, like my BBB.
rather than ask numerous questions, is there a canonical explanation of the boot procedure, like say the hardware reference manual, or something like that? i think a lot of my confusion will evaporate as soon as i can say, "ah, so *that's* how the boot process works."
to that end, i'm going to check out the actual flashing utility in the debian install image; i figure reading the source is the best way to get to the bottom of this.
rday