I'm struggling to get BIND9 to work properly, here are my zone files:

Master Forward Zone

viscount.lc. IN SOA intranet.viscount.lc. joel.intranet.viscount.lc. (
2006022604 ; se = serial number
3h ; ref = refresh
15m ; ret = update retry
3w ; ex = expiry
3h ; min = minimum
)
IN NS intranet.viscount.lc.
IN NS filestore.viscount.lc.

intranet. IN A 10.203.1.7
notesserver. IN A 10.203.1.6
filestore. IN A 10.203.1.5
bdc. IN A 10.203.1.4
server1. IN A 10.203.1.3
baan. IN A 10.203.1.1


Master Reverse Zone

1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN SOA intranet.viscount.lc. joel.intranet.viscount.lc. (
2006022607
3h
15m
3w
3h )
7.1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN NS intranet.viscount.lc.

7.1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR intranet.viscount.lc.
6.1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR notesserver.viscount.lc.
5.1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR filestore.viscount.lc.
4.1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR bdc.viscount.lc.
3.1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR server1.viscount.lc.
1.1.203.10.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR baan.viscount.lc.

Now with this I get with nslookup on BSD:

root@intranet# nslookup intranet
Server: 10.203.1.7
Address: 10.203.1.7#53

** server can't find intranet: NXDOMAIN

on windows I get

C:\Documents and Settings\jca.VISCOUNT>nslookup intranet.viscount.lc
*** Can't find server name for address 10.203.1.7: Server failed
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 10.203.1.7

*** UnKnown can't find baan.viscount.lc: Non-existent domain

Anyone any ideas.

Joel

You don't need the dot "." at the end of the hostname. The correct syntax is:
Also in /etc/resolv.conf add the:
to be able to resolve your hosts without the FQDN.