The only difference i see with your profile is that we use the <name> section and <startmode> is set to auto. Works on SL9.3 , SL10.3 , SL 11.1 & SLES 11 BUT we use also a module_entry section within the networking section. <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <broadcast>10.11.255.255</broadcast> <device>eth0</device> <ipaddr>HOSTIP</ipaddr> ---->>> <name>Ethernet Network Card</name> <netmask>255.255.0.0</netmask> <network>10.11.0.0</network> ---->>> <startmode>auto</startmode> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> </interface> </interfaces> So our whole network section looks like: $ cat TEMPLATE.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE profile SYSTEM "/usr/share/autoinstall/dtd/profile.dtd"> <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns"> <configure> <networking> <dns> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">false</dhcp_hostname> <dhcp_resolv config:type="boolean">false</dhcp_resolv> <domain>ourdomain.org</domain> <hostname>NODENAME</hostname> </dns> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <broadcast>10.11.255.255</broadcast> <device>eth0</device> <ipaddr>10.11.0.100</ipaddr> <name>Ethernet Network Card</name> <netmask>255.255.0.0</netmask> <network>10.11.0.0</network> <startmode>auto</startmode> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> </interface> </interfaces> <modules config:type="list"> <module_entry> <device>static-0</device> <module></module> <options></options> </module_entry> </modules> </networking> </configure> </profile> .....
Network Interfaces section contains:
------------------------------------------------------------- <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>static</bootproto> <device>eth0</device> <ipaddr>192.168.50.33</ipaddr> <network>192.168.50.0</network> <broadcast>192.168.50.255</broadcast> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> <startmode>onboot</startmode> <usercontrol>no</usercontrol> </interface> </interfaces> -------------------------------------------------------------
hth Hajo