Tony, thanks for your quick response.

In my situation, it was a multi-pass correction to get it back it's normal operation:
1. Moved back to 2.01
2. Got stuck in always rebuilding database (lived with it for a while)
3. e2fsk still appeared in hyperterminal (no details as to why)
4. Installed the Developer 2.01 and followed the e2fsck procedure.
5. Performed the database rebuild procedure (deleting files).
6. Re-powered up, and it rebuilt the database just once.

I might opt for a larger drive (or set of drives). The music I care most about, store in wav, the rest in mp3 320.

The alpha version with flac support is highly tempting. If I go that route, I at least know what I can move back to that works.