If you can boot off the CD and have a DHCP server running then I would suggest: Put your auto.xml file on the nfs server Then boot from CD, in the command line at the bottom of the boot screen type: install=nfs://IP/pathtosource autofs=nfs://IP/pathto/xml.file If you don't have DHCP I think you would just have to add the ip, netmask, and gateway command options on the command line. And for your info all the important parts of JDS for autoinstall and installable rpms think SuSE 8.1 Out of curiosity how many seats are you trying to deploy? Are you just doing an evaluation of JDS? Todd Sun JDS Model Office -----Original Message----- From: Monirul Alam [mailto:razu92@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:23 AM To: suse-autoinstall@suse.com Subject: [suse-autoinstall] Could not write the LILO Boot Sector Hi, Actually I am trying to implement Nfs Auto installation with Sun Java Desktop which is combination of Suse 8.1 and 8.2. The following steps I have done: copy all the three CDs to my NFS Server at /jds/install and setting the NFS server thru exportfs command and it is working properly( cam mount the /jds/install from other machine in the network) create boot floppies( 3 - boot, modules1, modules3) and autoinst.xml and copy autoinst.xml file in all the floppies and laso create info file as iw was not finding installation media. Info file is like: install: nfs://10.55.135.115/jds/install netdevice:eth0 server:10.55.135.115 serverdir:/jds/install ip: 10.55.135.251 netmask: 255.255.255.0 gateway: 10.55.135.1 nameserver: 10.55.32.132 autoyast: default Boot from floppy and provide all the flopies when promted, it went to auto installation mode but giving error when try to install boot manager " Could not write the LILO boot sector" But JDs only have grub not LILO my bootloader entry ing autoinst.xml file is <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">false</activate> <kernel_parameters></kernel_parameters> <lba_support config:type="boolean">false</lba_support> <linear config:type="boolean">false</linear> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> </bootloader> Please note I create auto.xml using yast2 autoinstaller tool and I use cd and install it manually it works fine. Any help will be highly appreciated. Monir _________________________________________________________________ SEEK: Now with over 50,000 dream jobs! Click here: http://ninemsn.seek.com.au?hotmail -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com