You're right, but I think that you and Tony are arguing at cross-purposes. The fix in the FAQ deals with one-off database rebuild problems. Once done, it ought to be possible to run emplode again and again with no further problems.

Setting the disks r/w and rebuilding the database at the command line only works until the next time he runs emplode. Thus, it's not a permanent fix. In this case, the FAQ is incorrect. This fix is never going to be permanent in the face of emplode or player crashes while rebuilding the database.

That said: even if emplode crashes during the sync, the player is supposed to continue with the rebuild even without it.