Ok, I reloaded the dev. 2.01 final once again nothing new to report. Same non response.
I went into the bash prompt and type in as directed.

rw- EXT-2-fs warning: Checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended.

All three of the other directories (database, playlists, tags) came back as: cannot remove ' empeg/var/database* ' : No such file or directory .

I then tried player -i again and same story...Aborted.

Was able to load the newest version of hi-jack with no problems. Here is the info from the vital signs. It does not seem to list anything under Fid.

MK2a: 16mb 29gb
Playlist: 0000, Fid: <---- it was blank
Cac: 289, Buf: 90, Fre: 3160

Its starting to look bleak but I guess there is still hope with a new hard drive......