Red Hat Enterprise Linux server fails to boot when connected to the network

[Serge Dubrouski]

I'd check if DHCP is enabled.

On 2/16/07, David Poole <david.poole at axminster.co.uk> wrote:
> We have a new Dell server which came pre installed with Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux Version 4 server on it.
> However when it is connected to our network it freezes when booting up.
> If I  enter interactive startup and stop the network service from
> running the server boots fine.
> Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
>
> The last message that shows up is "enabling swap space" and it
> eventually says it is killing the services and its out of memory.
>
> I made it so the network card doesn't start at boot, so I have to enable
> it after logging into the server. It connects to the network fine after
> that, but it just doesn't boot when connected to the network.
>
> We havn't changed anything on the server as its brand new, just had to
> set up a few settings like the time, root password, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas
>
> David Poole
>
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