>>I think I'll quote you anyway:).
>>See PR kern/3579 for source analysis and a patch for this problem.
>>It works for me.
>>
>>What's the netmask on this subnet?  Is it non-octet-aligned?
>
>Bingo...the netmask is 255.255.255.192.
>
>I'll try the patch you mentioned.

I tried the patch, and the system boots every time.

cheers,
entropy

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