nash, don't take this wrong way, but you did unzip the file before you uploaded it to the dreambox ?
I assume, you have tried unpluging waiting a few mins, powering it back up too ?
OK, you must have a null modem cable and a copy of dreamup universal ? so you should be able to just reflash the box, maybe re-download your image file, just to make sure it is ok too.
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