OK, now that I have had a little sleep lets see if I can get it right this time:

Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
No secondary hard disk
Player exited normally: 0
Switching to shell-player loop
Starting bash.
empeg:/empeg/bin# rw
empeg:/empeg/bin# rwm
empeg:/empeg/bin# rm /empeg/var/database
rm: cannot remove `/empeg/var/database': No such file or directory
empeg:/empeg/bin# rom
empeg:/empeg/bin# ro
empeg:/empeg/bin# exit
logout
Shell exit
Starting player
player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00-beta13 2002/07/24.
! tags.cpp : 61:Failed to open tags (0xc0041002).
Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Jul 24 2002
Vcb: 0x4086d000
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 116:@@ N42
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 117:@@ F0x530
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 118:@@ TThis Is The Night
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 119:@@ AAmber
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 120:@@ G
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 116:@@ N42
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 117:@@ F0x530
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 118:@@ TThis Is The Night
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 119:@@ AAmber
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 120:@@ G
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #0 0:02:23
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 170:@@ S0
! mp3_decoder.cpp :1049:Failed to find valid sync after seeking to offset 2282
436, error=0xc0044000
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:24
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:25
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:26
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:28
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:29
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:30
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:31
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:32
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:33
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:34
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:35
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:36
serial_notify_thread.cpp: 180:@@ #530 0:02:37
stops responding again

Did I do it wrong again. I rechecked it with the FAQ and it looks right.