DHCP server won't start at boot; starts fine afterwards

[Man-wai Chang]

> 
> My guess would be sequencing. The NICs are slow to start. Something in
> the hal-udev-etc. combination is running too early. Try putting a
> delay in the dhcpd script.

That is also what's in my mind when I saw the subject of the message. :)

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