intermittent ndc startup

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Please ignore my last message, I had an error in my reverse files. 

my next question is this:  In an internal name server, I have the entry below 
in my delegated name server master file:

$TTL 86400
.       99999999 IN NS top.example.com.
        99999999 IN NS top.example.net.
top.example.com. 99999999 IN A 192.168.3.78
top.example.net. 99999999 IN A 192.168.3.78

I get the following error in messages file:

Jun 11 19:41:58 beer  named[582]: Zone "" (file db.root): no SOA RR found
Jun 11 19:41:58 beer  named[582]: master zone "" (IN) rejected due to errors 
(seri
al 0)

Why do I get the above error.

what entry must I have in the master file on my root server itself.
Should it be:

$TTL 86400
example.com.    IN      SOA     top.example.com. hostmaster.example.com.
(  200105212   ; serial2H   ; refresh  1H    ; retry 1W  ; expire  1D ) ; 
minimum

                IN      NS      top.example.com.
                IN      NS      top.example.net.
#declare a record for root server here
top    99999999 IN A 192.168.3.78



beer.example.com.  1D  IN  NS  beer.example.com. #delegate ns
beer.example.com.  1D  IN  A   172.16.132.103  #A record of delegated ns
#declare all delegated nameserver here.

Thanks






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