Explanation flashing AZbox ME

When you download firmware for the AZbox Me there are some differences. You can download firmware including a kernel (for example Rti), without kernel (example Rsi) or with a seperate kernel ( OpenRsi ).

If you want to know how to flash you'll need to know how flashing a ME works.

OpenRSI is delivered with a seperate Kernel

So how does it works? Sattommy tells us here a short howto:

The azbox got 4 (more but that doesn't really matter for understanding) partitions: 
-kernel 
-boot0 
-boot1 
-boot2 


 You can flash in 3 ways: 


1) Image with kernel (such as the RTI releases) 
-He puts the kernel in the KERNEL partition 
-He puts the image in the selected boot partition 


2) Image without kernel 
-He remains off the KERNEL 
-He puts the image in the selected boot partition 


3) Only kernel 
-He puts the kernel in the KERNEL partition 
-He lets the boot partitions alone. 


 What does he start with: 
1: it starts up and checked all hardware (from bootloader) 
2: it starts the kernel from the kernel partition 
3: he starts from the image on the selected boot partition 


With this type of start-up, it is therefore not possible to have different kernels.