After playing with the autoyast process, I think I figured out how-to convert from dhcp to static IP on a installed system. It's not pretty, but it works. :) Please keep in mind I just started playing with autoyast a couple of weeks ago. This is what I have in the networking section of the control file: <networking> <nfs_server> <nfs_exports config:type="list"> <nfs_export> <allowed config:type="list"> <allowed_clients>@lab_nis(rw,sync)</allowed_clients> </allowed> <mountpoint>/local</mountpoint> </nfs_export> </nfs_exports> <start_nfsserver config:type="boolean">true</start_nfsserver> </nfs_server> <dhcp_options> <dhclient_client_id></dhclient_client_id> <dhclient_hostname_option></dhclient_hostname_option> </dhcp_options> <dns> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_hostname> <dhcp_resolv config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_resolv> </dns> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>dhcp</bootproto> <device>eth0</device> <startmode>onboot</startmode> </interface> </interfaces> <modules config:type="list"> </modules> <routing> <ip_forward config:type="boolean">false</ip_forward> </routing> </networking> Then I have the following in the post-scripts section: <script> <debug config:type="boolean">false</debug> <feedback config:type="boolean">false</feedback> <filename>staticIP</filename> <interpreter>shell</interpreter> <location></location> <network_needed config:type="boolean">false</network_needed> <source><![CDATA[#!/bin/bash GW=`netstat -rn | tail -1 | awk '{ print $2 }'` SM=`ifconfig | grep Mask | head -1 | awk '{ print $4 }' | sed 's/Mask://g'` IP=`ifconfig | grep "inet addr" | head -1 | awk '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/addr://g'` MAC=`ifconfig | grep HWaddr | awk '{ print $5 }'` FQDN=`host $IP | awk '{ print $5 }' | sed 's/.$//g'` DOMAIN=`host $IP | awk '{ print $5 }' | sed 's/.$//g' | awk -F"." '{ print $2"."$3"."$4 }'` CLIENT=`host $IP | awk '{ print $5 }' | awk -F"." '{ print $1 }'` rm -rf /etc/sysconfig/network/routes cat > /etc/sysconfig/network/routes <<-GATEWAY default $GW - - GATEWAY rm -rf /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-* cat > /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-$MAC <<-IFCFG_FILE BOOTPROTO='static' STARTMODE='onboot' IPADDR='$IP' NETMASK='$SM' _type='eth' IFCFG_FILE rm -rf /etc/hosts cat > /etc/hosts <<-HOSTS_FILE fe00::0 ipv6-localnet ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts $IP $CLIENT.$DOMAIN $CLIENT 127.0.0.1 localhost HOSTS_FILE rm -rf /etc/resolv.conf cat > /etc/resolv.conf <<-RESOLV_FILE domain $DOMAIN nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx # resolver1 nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx # resolver2 RESOLV_FILE rm -rf /etc/HOSTNAME cat > /etc/HOSTNAME <<-HOST $CLIENT.$DOMAIN HOST hostname $CLIENT /etc/init.d/network restart ]]></source> </script> </post-scripts> </scripts> -- Rick King -----Original Message----- From: King, Richard Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:42 AM To: opensuse-autoinstall@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse-autoinstall] SuSE 10.1 + Converting from dhcp to static IP ***Sending Message again, first message didn't seem to go through*** SuSE Version: 10.1 Install Method: PXEBOOT/DHCP Hello Everyone! I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how-to convert from dhcp-boot to static IP during the autoyast install? Questions: 1) Should converting from dhcp-boot to static IP take place during pre-scripts, or post-scripts? 2) When the install is initiated with dhcp, what file holds the network/dhcp information during the install process? 3) Would it be practical to use commands such as ifconfig and netstat to get the network information, and write to the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-$MAC and /etc/sysconfig/network/routes files? Observations: I have noticed if a client is using dhcp, the package "NetworkManager" is installed, and will manage the network settings for eth0. However, if a client is using dhcp/NetworkManager, the NTP & NIS services will fail to start during bootup. If I manually change the network settings to static, NTP & NIS will start during bootup. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. My best to you -- Rick King This is what I have in the network section of my control file. <networking> <nfs_server> <nfs_exports config:type="list"> <nfs_export> <allowed config:type="list"> <allowed_clients>@lab_nis(rw,sync)</allowed_clients> </allowed> <mountpoint>/local</mountpoint> </nfs_export> </nfs_exports> <start_nfsserver config:type="boolean">true</start_nfsserver> </nfs_server> <dhcp_options> <dhclient_client_id></dhclient_client_id> <dhclient_hostname_option>AUTO</dhclient_hostname_option> </dhcp_options> <dns> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_hostname> <dhcp_resolv config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_resolv> <hostname>AUTO</hostname> </dns> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>dhcp</bootproto> <device>eth0</device> <startmode>onboot</startmode> </interface> </interfaces> <modules config:type="list"> </modules> <routing> <ip_forward config:type="boolean">false</ip_forward> </routing> </networking> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org