[CentOS] CentOS 4.6 - dhcp issue

Tom Brown wrote:
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>> these are not virtual machines?
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> the cobbler server is (currently) a VM yes - the clients are not. Why 
> should that make any difference?
>

actually in that example the client was also a VM i remember now - but 
the symptoms are the same on 'real' clients

thanks