First, I'm a savvy Q3 server admin. So you can skip the baby talk :)
  When I run ./jk2ded +set dedicated 2 +exec server.cfg it spits out: 
 JK2MP: v1.02a linux-i386 Mar 6 2002
 Initialising zone memory .....
 ----- FS_Startup -----
 Current search path:
 /home/mwsmith/.jkii/base
 /home/mwsmith/jedi/base/assets1.pk3 (8011 files)
 /home/mwsmith/jedi/base/assets0.pk3 (6674 files)
 /home/mwsmith/jedi/base
 ./jk2ded/base 
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 14685 files in pk3 files
 Sys_Error: Invalid product identification 
 Thanks for any assistance you can provide, 
 Branden Spikes aka K9-Alcazar
 Captain of Team Canine
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