On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 STaylor at srspos.com wrote:
> named.custom
>
> ## named.custom - custom configuration for bind
> #
> # Any changes not currently supported by redhat-config-bind should be put
> # in this file.
> #
>
> zone "." {
> type hint;
> file "named.ca";
> };
There is your problem; you never told bind to look at your zone file for
your custom zone.