Bind upgrade

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org]On
> Behalf Of Sears, Robert
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:29 AM
> To: 'comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.uu.net'; 'bind-users at isc.org'
> Subject: Bind upgrade
>
>
>
> Greetings all,
>
>   I am in the process of setting up two DNS servers running on
> Solaris 7 to
> replace our old HP versions. I have installed 9.1.0 on the SUN servers and
> want to know if I can take my old named.boot file from my HP
> server running
> BIND 4.9.x and convert it to the named.conf? I heard of a pearl
> script that
> will do this, is this valid?

yes, we use it. try searching for it on google.

Also, can I use all my old db.name files from
> the old system or

yes and no

do they need to be converted too?

no but the default TTL must be the first thing in the zone file.

example:

$TTL 8640
SOA starts here and so on


-Paul
>
> Thanks
>