I'm impressed -- I don't usually get responses that fast even when I'm paying for support. Thanks all.
The pins on the ethernet port didn't appear bent when I looked this afternoon. I decided to use a little light screwdriver pressure to make sure. Now they are definitely bent. I suppose I'll be emailing the eutronix folks to see if they'd be willing to troubleshoot and repair it. Cloning empeg disks with dd is for the birds.
Do keep in mind that those pins may
appear to be bent, because they are supposed to be bent! But what you are looking for there are pins that are touching each other, or are not all resting at the same height. Not so much a bend -- that's normal.
-ml