Waiting for DNS server … client startup hang

[Anonymous]

I don’t think this is a server issue but nonetheless:

One of my desktop Macs (out of 50 identical configs) is hanging at startup ‘Waiting for DNS server …’, after slowing at ‘Initialising Network ….’

Our Macs get DNS / DHCP from a Windows server. They used fixed IPs. Our Xserve provides only AFP, Print Service, Open Directory and NetBoot for installing disk images once a year when setting up the Macs.

I have tried: Booting from CD and checking the volume. OK. Repairing permissions. OK. Resetting PRAM. fsck -f. OK. I tried going back to previous login permissions using single user mode and the following:

mount -uw /
Return
mv /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist preferences2.old
Return.
Type mv /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist preferences3.old
Return.
reboot

No joy. I’ve tried unplugging the ethernet cable for the various fixes and I’ve tried them with it in. None of my other Macs are affected so it seems like a local problem with this Mac.

G4 800MHz 1GB RAM, 40GB hard drive, OS X.3.9, double monitor display

cheers

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