I found the answers here http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModuleBlacklisting and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Blacklisting#Blacklisting
When /etc/modprobe.d/ipv6.conf contains 'install ipv6 /bin/false' ipv6 is successfully not loaded. The problem I had with flash-kernel returning code 1 when called by update-initramfs was due to /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume containing 'RESUME=/dev/sda5' which I had to changed to RESUME=LABEL=swap which is how my swap partition is defined in /etc/fstab. I also had a problems running out of space in /tmp that was due to RAMTMP=yes in a /etc/defaults/rsS that previously had RAMTMP=no -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/61fb9a50-a030-40bd-bf30-2311359ff...@mac.com