I figured there was a protected bootloader and I was really pretty scared when this happened... I think this is more indicitive of the linux tools sucking than anything else. I figured (correctly) that the windows tools might be a little more robust. and the instructions we very clear on how to use them to recover from this situation. My player is recovering as we speak. It worked first time out. While I love Linux, the empeg tools for linux are pretty week compared to their windows counter parts. Thanks,
Keith

P.S. Might add to the FAQ that the windows tools are the best way to recover. Oh, and just now the reapplication of the update finished, player is back in working order. Whew