Unfortunately DHCP is not an option... Maybe I'm making this harder than it needs to be and/or I just don't know enough (good chance), but here is a sample scenario: Hardware team notifies the Linux team and says, "the server is ready for you, the public network in on the second port and you need to use this IP '10.100.10.1", and the Netbackup network is on the third port and you need to use this IP '172.27.100.1'." So, I am thinking that an autoinst.xml file that would prompt the admin team for the MAC address of the public-facing network interface and the IP(address/mask/gw) that should be assigned. And if I were able, then another set of prompts that would assign the Netbackup-facing network interface info as well. I cannot be assured that the hardware team will always use 'x'port for one network or the other. I need a way to have the admin teams assign to the appropriate interface. When the admin team is given access there will be no OS on the server so no ability to run any commands. My question about understanding the <path> statement was so that I could possibly use that in building the xml file. For example in this statement -- <path>networking,interfaces,4,ipaddr</path> -- does the "4" represent the actual interface? If so, how do I determine how this is calculated? Does it start at 0 or 1, does it read the on-board interfaces first or the add-on interfaces first? The only examples I can find always use '0' in that <path> statement, so the examples didn't shed that much light for me. Does this help any? Am I way off base here and this isn't something that autoyast is able to do? Thanks, Patrick Swartz UNIX Planning & Engineering (DSUSSE) First Data 402-777-7337 desk 402-201-1192 Company cell 402-871-8981 Personal cell -----Original Message----- From: Hans-Joachim Ehlers [mailto:HansJoachim.Ehlers@eumetsat.int] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:25 AM To: Swartz, Patrick H; Uwe Gansert; opensuse-autoinstall@opensuse.org Subject: RE: [opensuse-autoinstall] ask-list for specific network interface 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, ----------------------------------------- The information in this message may be proprietary and/or confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify First Data immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org