I don't understand this. How does this work??

[Gerald Waugh]

> I am puzzled and hoping someone can clear this up.
> 
> Basically when I register a domain it says enter the nameservers host
> address like ns1.mydomain.com that the domain will be transferred too, but
> this is going to be my first DNS server so I don't have a hostname that
> there server will be able to resolve to my IP.
> 
> So how does this work, or am I missing something ??
> 

This is like which came first, the chicken or the egg!
Set up your nameservers, get them working. 
You may have to test locally, use dig.
Then you may use your nameservers to register the domain.

Gerald