DNS upgrade from bind v4 to bind v8

[Roar Pettersen]

Hello !

>        i want to upgrade my dns using bind 8. I've heard that the
>configuration file in version 8 is no longer named.boot but named.conf.
>I just want to know if what in particular will i have to upgrade of modify
>on my dns setup. Do i need to upgrade my named daemon or upgrade
>something? change my configuration in my named.boot? and do i have to
>modify my current zone files? Hope to hear from u guyz ASAP.. Thanks and
>God Bless..!!


In the source distribution there is a Perl file called :

named-bootconf.pl

This Perl script convert your old named.boot file to the new named.conf



Regards

Roar Pettersen
Heath comm A/S
Norway