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Generally, if you are using a different Domain Name Server (DNS) than that provided by your ISP, or you are using the likes of Google's nameservers from your Google account you will find that your DNS or other non-standard nameserver addresses will, after you have set them up, get lost on reboot as '''/etc/resolv.conf''' is overwritten during the boot process.
Generally, if you are using a different Domain Name Server (DNS) than that provided by your ISP, or you are using the likes of Google's nameservers from your Google account you will find that your DNS or other non-standard nameserver addresses will, after you have set them up, get lost on reboot as '''/etc/resolv.conf''' is overwritten during the boot process.


= How do we solve this problem? =
== How do we solve this problem? ==


We can input our settings to the '''/etc/resolv.conf.head''' file. If this file does not exist then create it. The contents of '''/etc/resolv.conf.head''' get sent to the top of '''/etc/resolv.conf''' during the boot process.
We can input our settings to the '''/etc/resolv.conf.head''' file. If this file does not exist then create it. The contents of '''/etc/resolv.conf.head''' get sent to the top of '''/etc/resolv.conf''' during the boot process.
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