I really do not understand your problem is but in case you would like to do an automated installation using DHCP and having multiply network interfaces: You can use the a pre script to configure the final xml installation file by parsing the dhcpcd-*info file and looking for IP, mac address (must be in lower case ) and other valuable information Note: Information provided from the command line can be checked as well ( cat /proc/cmdline ) Example from a pre script : ... cat /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-*info ... IPADDR='10.1.1.1' INTERFACE='eth0' CLIENTID='01:00:21:9b:74:3f:9b' DHCPCHADDR='00:21:9b:74:3f:9b' ... And fix the autoinst.xml on the fly. Hth Hajo -----Original Message----- From: Swartz, Patrick H [mailto:Patrick.Swartz@firstdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:01 PM To: Uwe Gansert; opensuse-autoinstall@opensuse.org Subject: RE: [opensuse-autoinstall] ask-list for specific network interface Hi, I did find the persistent names link useful, but still do not see how that can be incorporated into the <ask> section. These servers will have several interfaces and I need to set a specific IP to a specific interface. I was hoping that by using the <ask> section I could have a generic .xml file and not need to hard code a MAC address into the .xml file like the example for persistent names. How does one know what is the correct <path> for a device? Is there a utility or cmd that can give that info? Thanks, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org