Problem with domain on local network

[Mike]

I don't know what I did, but the 10th time deleting, and recreating the
zone file fixed the problem, and now it is finally loading the zone
file.  Here is what the end result of my zone file is:

$TTL 3D
@       IN      SOA     ns.xxxx.sys. hostmaster.xxxx.org. (
                        2006032801
                        8H
                        2H
                        4W
                        1D )
;
xxxx.sys.    IN      MX      10 mail.xxxx.sys     ;Mail Server
router.xxxx.sys.     IN      A       192.168.23.1    ;DD-WRT
slacker2.xxxx.sys.   IN      A       192.168.23.9    ;Slacker2
melement.xxxx.sys.   IN      A       192.168.23.8    ;Melissa
bad-ath64.xxxx.sys.  IN      A       192.168.23.2    ;Bad-Ath64
slacker.xxxx.sys.    IN      A       192.168.23.7    ;Slacker
firewall.xxxx.sys.   IN      CNAME   router.xxxx.sys.     ;Firewall and
Router
ns.xxxx.sys. IN      CNAME   slacker2.xxxx.sys.   ;Name Server
mail.xxxx.sys.       IN      CNAME   slacker2.xxxx.sys.   ;Mail Server
ns1.xxxx.sys.        IN      CNAME   slacker2.xxxx.sys.   ;Name Server
1
xxxx.sys.    IN      NS      ns.xxxx.sys. ;Name Server
xxxx.sys.    IN      NS      ns1.xxxx.sys.        ;Name Server 1