BIND nameserver problems

[Joe Garbarino]

Been waiting over a week for an answer from SGI, so I'll try posting.
I'm using the BIND nameserver for a 4d we have.  It seems to work
well with our local authoritative nameservers.  It can resolve all
outside names just fine.  However, when I try to contact a computer
within our domain giving just the host name (without .erim.org)
it times out.  If I give the fully qualified name, it works, and after that
just the hostname works!  This is a bit mysterious.

Also, when I'm booting my machine, it attempts to mount the NFS,
but it doesn't recognize the other systems, possibly due to the fact
that the nameserver isn't up.  What file needs to be changed to get the
nameserver to start before the NFS file systems are mounted?

Sorry if these questions are trivial, I RTFM but am just a rookie when
it comes to SYS V administration.


					Joe Garbarino
					ERIM
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					Ann Arbor, Mi.  48107
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					jgarb at csd360b.erim.org