I have a Windows 2000 server with AD and DNS all running smooth. However, I have a second server that I am try to add as a BDC. When I run DCPROMO I can get through the wizard but at the end it says “The specific domain does not exist or could notbe contacted”. It will not allows the machine to finish DCPROM and be promoted. This is a friends business and I also noticed that the PDC has a “server.local” extention. Anyone know what the .local extention does and how I can get this second server to join as a BDC. I was able to join it as you would a workstation. Putting it into the domain via the properties of my computer.
Any idea? Thanks in advance.
