Active Directory creation Failed

[NDallas]

I recently purchased a new CPU to Setup a Windows 2000 Server for my home. A friend (while I was out of town) installed the server software. I have setup my IP on server as 10.10.1.1, Submask as 255.255.255.0, GateWay as 192.161.1.1, and my Primary DNS as 10.10.1.1. When I view the eventlog, I get the above error message.

I have the server setup to load the zone "from file" located in my "Winnt\System32\DNS" directory. When I look further into the error, I'm informed that there is an error on line 5. I compared my version of the DNS file an the sample that came with Win2k Server (Big difference).

I have pasted my DNS file in this message hoping that someone can tell what I'm missing.

*********** Pasted DNS File ******************

;
; Database file ios.com.dns for ios.com zone.
; Zone version: 30
;

@ IN SOA zaxis01.ios.com. admin. (
30 ; serial number
900 ; refresh
600 ; retry
86400 ; expire
3600 ) ; minimum TTL

;
; Zone NS records
;

@ NS zaxis01.ios.com.

;
; Zone records
;

@ 600 A 10.10.1.1
adab0165-9ae3-44ee-a418-9d97208f959e._msdcs 600 CNAME zaxis01.ios.com.
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 88 zaxis01.ios.com.
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 389 zaxis01.ios.com.
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 88 zaxis01.ios.com.
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 389 zaxis01.ios.com.
_ldap._tcp.8266ed5b-d613-49d7-a788-1c5613d7abba.domains._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 389 zaxis01.ios.com.
gc._msdcs 600 A 10.10.1.1
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 3268 zaxis01.ios.com.
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 3268 zaxis01.ios.com.
_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs 600 SRV 0 100 389 zaxis01.ios.com.
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites 600 SRV 0 100 3268 zaxis01.ios.com.
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites 600 SRV 0 100 88 zaxis01.ios.com.
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites 600 SRV 0 100 389 zaxis01.ios.com.
_gc._tcp 600 SRV 0 100 3268 zaxis01.ios.com.
_kerberos._tcp 600 SRV 0 100 88 zaxis01.ios.com.
_kpasswd._tcp 600 SRV 0 100 464 zaxis01.ios.com.
_ldap._tcp 600 SRV 0 100 389 zaxis01.ios.com.
_kerberos._udp 600 SRV 0 100 88 zaxis01.ios.com.
_kpasswd._udp 600 SRV 0 100 464 zaxis01.ios.com.
zaxis01 A 10.10.1.1


*********** End Of DNS File ******************

Once again, thanks for you time and help.

NDallas

 

[brontosaurus]

did you actually name your domain zaxis01.ios.com or just ios.com ? It looks to me like you named the machine zaxis01, is that correct? If so, your SOA would be incorrect, as the zone should just be ios.com. Then, your NS entry value would be zaxis01.

 

[NDallas]

Thanks for getting back to me Brontosaurus.

My full computer name is: zaxis01.ios.com
Domain name is: ios.com

The computer is a DC.

I tried the above changes but, continued to get the same error.
DNS zone creation failed.

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for your assistance.

NDallas

 

[NDallas]

Once again Mr. Brontosaurus,

I continued to research the issue based on the information you provided. I found an error in the "boot" file. The Cache line was invalid. I corrected the line and rebooted the server. The DNS server started.

Thanks.

NDallas