Thanks so much to the responders:
Dr. Tom Blinn
Balaji Chandrasekar
Here is their reponse:
Edit the /etc/rc.config file on the "renamed" system; then when you
reboot
the host name will be picked up from there. You don't need to change it
in
any other places, and you don't want to try to use "hostname" to do it on
the fly.
Received on Mon Oct 26 1998 - 17:24:52 NZDT