It looks that the above error has been recieved by other members as well and is diablo specific.
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...d.php?p=214791

If I flash the extracted image preceding to DIABLO, I get a reboot loop, i.e. the progress bar goes all the way to the top upon booting and the device then reboots.
these were the commands used, as above
# ./flasher-3.0 -u -F RX-44_2008_IMAGE_NAME_ARM.bin.
#
sudo ./flasher-3.0 --enable-rd-mode
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -k zImage -f
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -n initfs.jffs2 -f
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -r rootfs.jffs2 -f -R