Hi, I just want to let you know, that during the Configuration Wizard of MOSS EE 2007 (English) the configuration failed because of a missing C:\Windows\System32\Drivers
I created the hosts file and added 2 entries:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 <machine name>
And ran the Configuration Wizard again - with success.
Before installation I added the server role "Active Directory", maybe the DNS Server installation removed the file, I'm not sure, I have never meet that the hosts file is missing!
System:
Win2k3 Server Enterpriser Edition (SP1)
Server roles:
Application Server
Active Directory
DNS Server
Configuration Wizard failed - hosts file missing
martin_eifert
I found that once myself Kevin but only once. I have done many clean and upgrade installs and being that it only happened once I thought it wasnt worth posting back to MS. Simply adding a host file to the location you specified fixed the issue for me as well. Good catch and thanks for posting the info here.