Re: [TCLUG:4554] DNS Questions

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

Errr... make /etc/rc.d/init.d /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. Sheesh, I really
should start proofreading these messages.

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Nate Carlson
the infinite loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Nate Carlson wrote:

> 1) No idea; but it probably has something to do with using named.boot-type
> configuration instead of named.conf
> 
> 2) The newest version of bind (8.x.x) uses a named.conf configuration,
> where the older versions (4.x.x) use named.boot. The syntax is totally
> different; but there is a perl script somewhere to do
> named.boot-->named.conf conversions.
> 
> 3) net-pf-5 is either IPX or AppleTalk (don't remember which one). Edit
> your /etc/conf.modules and add the line 'alias net-pf-5 off', and the
> message will go away. If you need IPX/Appletalk, compile the module, and
> this error message will also go away.
> 
> 4) Under RedHat, where are some things you have to do to get modules
> working correctly with a new kernel. There is a "correct" way, which
> seemed to be a pain to me, so I never bothered figuring it out. How I do
> it, is I edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d file, search for 'depmod -a preferred',
> and change it to just plain depmod -a. This will just look for modules for
> whatever kernel version you are on instead of going to the preferred
> symlink; eg, if you use 2.0.36, it will look at /lib/modules/2.0.36; if
> you use 2.2.2, it will look at /lib/modules/2.2.2. The other way you could
> fix this would be to remove the line 'rm -rf /lib/modules/preferred' from
> the same file and just make the symlink yourself. Or, of course, you could
> always figure out the "proper" way.  Your choice.
> 
> ----
> Nate Carlson
> the infinite loop
> natecars@infiniteloop.com
> 
> On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Keith R. Bolson wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to get DNS running locally via the HOWTO
> >   http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html
> > Running into a few problems.  Using RH5.1, kernel 2.0.36
> > 1.  on ndc restart, error message 'no proceses available.'
> >      named isn't started on boot.
> > 2.  file called named.conf in HOWTO is apparently named.boot
> >      for real.  Is the usage identical?
> > 3.  on boot, modprobe doesn't find net-pf-5 (related?)
> > 4.  Perhaps I should use kernel 2.0.34-0.6 as distributed.  (?)
> >      On re-compiling the kernel, the modules.dep and preferred
> >      link in /lib/modules do not seem to be updated properly.
> > Thank you.  --krb
> > 
> > 
> > 
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