Deployed Image Won't Boot After Using 'diskpart' running from RAMDisk

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I have been using 'sdimgr \\remote_computer\share\deployable_image.sdi
/writedisk:0 /yes" successfully to deploy from an XPe image running
from RAMDisk for some time now, however, just ran into a problem that
others may have experienced.

When I execute 'diskpart' after sdimgr /writedisk has completed, in
order to extend the partition of the disk image previously written, the
image is not bootable and generates the following error: "A disk read
error has occurred. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete...".

I Google-searched this ng and came up with similar posts, but have
found no answer yet.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/browse_thread/thread/1e42f846bdd248e2/15b771bec14bea50?q=SDI+ramdisk+diskpart+boot&rnum=2#15b771bec14bea50

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/browse_thread/thread/a25a1d693602da4c/db1d17ae5da73f9b?q=SDI+ramdisk+diskpart+boot&rnum=10#db1d17ae5da73f9b

Everything works on same HW and same BIOS, provided I execute
'diskpart' while running from IDE-based system (not RAMDisk).

Anyone have thoughts or workarounds?

Best regards,

Brian

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