Accessing an SDI image from multiple targets simultaneously

> Hi all,
>
> My first NG post, so please let me know if I breach etiquite.
>
> I was wondering, is it possible to deploy the *same* image to mulitple,
> identical target machines *simultaneously*, via winpe from a mapped
> network drive?
>
> i.e.,
>
> - 20 Target machines, identical hardware;
> - Each target boots from its own WinPE disk, with a local "net use,"
> diskpart, etc. script;
> - Each target maps a certain network share, and runs a local copy of
> sdimgr to deploy an image from the share to a local disk, via
> "writepart".
>
> A couple of experiments suggest that sdimgr locks the image while
> writing it to disk.
>
> I haven't seen anything specifically regarding this, so I thought I
> would ask. Am I overlooking something simple?
>
> Are people deploying images one machine at a time, sequentially?
>
> I should mention, that the above process works fine on one machine at a
> time; it is only the question of "prepping" mulitple machines at the
> same time that is giving me trouble.
>
> I'm also not tied to using sdimgr/image.sdi; I've tried using XCOPY
> with the same results, and would be open for any other suggestions as
> well.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Ian
>