Hi folk, i am back again. Given: ./autoinst/default ( default xml file for installation - with section for Hostname and IP ) ./autoinst/rules/rules.xml ./autoinst/host01.xml ( Contains Hostname and IP in a valid xml structure ) So far i have a valid and working rules.xml which will add the host01.xml to the /tmp during installation but it does not add the ./autoinst/default xml. So the installation will stop. I did not found any information about adding a default profile IF you are using a rules.xml Is there is any include directive or some kind of default in the rules.xml ? Right now i am using a second rule to include the default xml file 295$ cat rules.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE autoinstall SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/rules.dtd"> <autoinstall xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <rules config:type="list"> <rule> <custom1> <script> <![CDATA[ #!/bin/sh hostname=$( cat /proc/cmdline | tr " " "\n" | awk '{ if ( $1 == "hostname" ) print $2 }' FS="=" ) echo -n $hostname ]]> </script> <match>*</match> <match_type>exact</match_type> </custom1> <result> <profile>classes/@custom1@.xml</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">true</continue> </result> </rule> <rule> <custom1> <match>*</match> <match_type>exact</match_type> </custom1> <result> <profile>default</profile> <continue config:type="boolean">false</continue> </result> </rule> </rules> </autoinstall> tia Hajo ============================ Hans-Joachim Ehlers UNIX Systems Engineer EUMETSAT Am Kavalleriesand, 31 64295, Darmstadt, Germany Tel : +49 6151 807-7307 eMail : hansjoachim.ehlers@eumetsat.int iNet : www.eumetsat.de