SUCCESS for the factory image installation!! I took the micro sd card and used a different adapter and re-imaged the card on my ubuntu. I removed and reinserted the sd card. Now I get one of the 2 file system to mount!!! Next I reinserted it into the SG-1000 with the SD BOOT jumper in place. Then powered it up with the console cable active. This worked! After a long stream of messages it finally stopped where it reported: This will install the standard firmware and will erase all the existing contents of eMMC permanently. eMMC device: mmcsd1 Are you sure you want to continue ? (y/N) answering y then proceeded to performing the firmware installation and then it shutdown. I removed the SD BOOT jumper and the sd card. Then I powered it back up. It then came up to the proper version used for the re-imaging and I was able to begin to configure the device. The web gui now reports: Version 2.4.3_1 is available. Version information updated at Wed Jul 18 17:10:30 MDT 2018 SUCCESS thanks oldunixguy