NetBoot preferences unable to be modified

Hi there.
I have a Mac Mini (Early 2006) Intel machine running the intel build for OS X Server 10.4.7.
Everything else works fine and dandy with the exception of NetBoot.
Now,
I have the .nbi files in the correct locations and a while ago I was able to enable / disable these nbi files through the Server Admin utility.
Unfortunatly now all I get is a blank screen in the "Settings" tab of the Netboot section in Server Admin utlity.
Initially I thought this was a Server Admin Utility fault so I went back to the command line and did "sudo serveradmin settings netboot"
To my horror I was greeted with: 2006-09-16 15:21:02.214 serveradmin[337] Exception in doCommand: * -[NSCFArray addObject:]: attempt to insert nil
I've seen similar errors like this before, but usually all services respond the same.
Not the case here, it seems other services can be queried perfectly without issue.
it's just this service.
I've trawled the net for answers and not found anything.
I would be grateful if anyone else has a similar or exact issue and has found a fix for it.
Feel free to post even if you are experiencing the same issue and don't have a fix.
The more the merrier .
Mac Mini (Early 2006) Mac OS X (10.2.x) OS X Server

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