Re: DNS

From: Richard B. Gilbert (rgilbert88_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:05:20 -0500

zhuxiaohang@hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>I had a problem installing Solaris 8. In the installation process,
>it asks me to select Name service, I select DNS, then I entered the
>domain name and name server IP address. I leaver serach domain blank.
>After all this, it tells me that my DNS setting was wrong. I have no
>idea what's going on and test it a few times and can't get rid of it.
>Our DNS server is running on a Windows 2000 Server system. What can
>possibly go wrong?
>
> Thanks.
>
>Jerry
>
>
>
I believe that the setup is trying to look up your new machine in the
DNS you specified. It's not finding it and concluding that the DNS you
specified is invalid. You should be able to ignore the errors and "do
it anyway"! It's been a while and I forget exactly what is is that I
did to make it work but I think it asks you to check what you entered
and you check it and say it's ok and the install continues.

If all else fails, you can create /etc/resolv.conf manually. It looks
like this.
domainname mydomain.com
nameserver 123.124.125.1
nameserver 123.124.125.2
nameserver 124.125.100.5

Of course the domainname and nameserver adresses I used are totally
bogus! Substitute the correct values for your situation.

Note to Sun Developers: If I'm correct about what's going on, it might
be better to test the DNS configuration by trying to resolve
"sunsolve.sun.com" and, if successful but unable to resolve
nodename.domainname then say "Unable to resolve $nodename.$domainname.
Are you sure your entered the correct domainname and server addresses?
" It might make it a little clearer what's happening. I find that it
is often the case that either the newly installed node is not in the DNS
yet or that it won't ever be in the DNS.

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