Well that's progress for ya, right?!

Good to hear it's working, I haven't flashed yet, but will take the plunge soon based on this report.

One question: You say it's doing the "Saving Data Files thing" every few minutes, are you referring to the message that appears in the lower pane? If so, that's normal - kismet does some autosaves - every five minutes IIRC, and if you're not moving around (i.e., no new networks found) it will show several copies of that, one after another.