HOLY F***ING S***
i bricked my iliad.
i installed netcat (no problem), created a startup script containing the line to make netcat listen to a port and provide a shell (worked) and named it S25something.
The only thing i forgot: networking is enabled later
now the listening netcat blocks the iliad boot process. And i can't use netcat because the network interface is down.
damn.
now i'll be the one to figure out how friendly the iRex user support is. :\