Snow Leopard Server Netboot not working

Hello all,
I have been trying to build a Netboot server for a week now and it seems that I am doing something wrong. I have a MacPro tower running Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8. It seems all of my services are running correctly. I Installed Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on a client computer and configured it the way I need it. for testing purposes it is connect directly to the Server computer via Eehternet. I created the netboot image using the server image tool from the client hardrive in multiple ways
-from the cleint using the server tools and Server Image untility
-from the server using the Server Image Utility and the client in target mode.
I move the image into /Library/Netboot/NetBootSP0 ( this path was created by the server )
I can see my Netboot image on the client as a bootable disk, I select it and it just hangs on the silver Apple and spinny wheel. Below are the logs it generated. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:58:41 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP OFFER sent [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] pktsize 445
Jun 18 13:59:15 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:59:15 netboot bootpd[4196]: NetBoot: [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 169.254.251.157 pktsize 309
Jun 18 13:59:16 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:59:16 netboot bootpd[4196]: NetBoot: [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 169.254.251.157 pktsize 309
Jun 18 13:59:17 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:59:17 netboot bootpd[4196]: NetBoot: [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 169.254.251.157 pktsize 309
Jun 18 13:59:18 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:59:18 netboot bootpd[4196]: NetBoot: [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 169.254.251.157 pktsize 309
Jun 18 13:59:19 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:59:19 netboot bootpd[4196]: NetBoot: [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 169.254.251.157 pktsize 309
Jun 18 13:59:19 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:59:19 netboot bootpd[4196]: NetBoot: [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] BSDP ACK[LIST] sent 169.254.251.157 pktsize 309
Jun 18 13:59:19 netboot bootpd[4196]: BSDP INFORM [en0] 1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a NetBoot001 arch=i386 sysid=MacPro5,1
Jun 18 13:59:19 netboot bootpd[4196]: NetBoot: [1,40:6c:8f:b9:d0:5a] BSDP ACK[SELECT] sent 169.254.251.157 pktsize 448
Jun 18 13:59:55 netboot bootpd[4196]: server name netboot.private
Jun 18 13:59:55 netboot bootpd[4196]: interface en0: ip 169.254.185.124 mask 255.255.0.0
Jun 18 13:59:55 netboot bootpd[4196]: interface en1: ip 172.24.142.102 mask 255.255.255.0
Jun 18 13:59:55 netboot bootpd[4196]: dhcp: re-reading lease list
Jun 18 13:59:55 netboot bootpd[4196]: bsdpd: re-reading configuration
Jun 18 13:59:55 netboot bootpd[4196]: bsdpd: shadow file size will be set to 48 megabytes
Jun 18 13:59:55 netboot bootpd[4196]: bsdpd: age time 00:15:00

You'll be most likely to get help with this problem if you ask in the Mac OS X 10.6 Server forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/servers_enterprise_software/mac_os_x_ser ver_v10.6_snow_leopard
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