[OpenAFS] bos: sting "<default>" as cell name coming up

[Andreas Schuldei]

i work with debian pre-seeding for version 1.3.74 from debian
experimental, in a home rolled package for user-mode-linux. i use
kernel 2.4.24-3um on the guest system.

i get this error, despite the fact that i have good looking
ThisCell and CellServDB files:

afs-newcell --requirements-met --admin admin/admin
If the fileserver is not running, this may hang for 30 seconds.
/etc/init.d/openafs-fileserver stop
Stopping AFS Server: bos: could not find entry (can't find cell
'<default>' in cell database)
bosserver.
echo \>afsdb.intern >/etc/openafs/server/CellServDB
/etc/init.d/openafs-fileserver start
Starting AFS Server: bosserver.
bos addhost tjener tjener -localauth ||true
bos: could not find entry (can't find cell '<default>' in cell
database)
bos adduser tjener admin.admin -localauth
bos: could not find entry (can't find cell '<default>' in cell
database)
Failed: 256
bos: could not find entry (can't find cell '<default>' in cell
database)

tjener:/etc/openafs# head -n 5 CellServDB ThisCell 
==> CellServDB <==
>afsdb.intern           # tjener.intern
10.0.2.2                # tjener.intern
>grand.central.org      #GCO Public CellServDB 08 Dec 2003
18.7.14.88                      #grand-opening.mit.edu
128.2.191.224                   #penn.central.org

==> ThisCell <==
afsdb.intern



where does the "<default>" string come from? what is wrong?