hello everyone, the exact error message is "A profile for this machine could not be found or retrieved. Check that you entered the correct location on the command line and try again. Because of this error, you can only enter a URL to a profile and not a directory. If you are using rules or host name-based control files, restart the installation process and make sure the control files are accessible." I generated a config file using yast autoyast within NLD9 (SP2). DTD check says it's okay. And yast is retrieving the file upon its installation attempt: [5] Tue 10Jan06 10:34:15 - (000009) Connected to x.x.x.77 (Local address x.x.x.10) [5] Tue 10Jan06 10:34:15 - (000009) ANONYMOUS logged in, password: CURL_BY_DANIEL@HAXX.SE [3] Tue 10Jan06 10:34:15 - (000009) Sending file f:\ftproot\nld9\xml\autoyast.xml [3] Tue 10Jan06 10:34:15 - (000009) Sent file f:\ftproot\nld9\xml\autoyast.xml successfully (338 kB/sec - 4501 Bytes) [5] Tue 10Jan06 10:34:15 - (000009) Closing connection for user ANONYMOUS (00:00:00 connected) Still I get the error message quoted above.. so what's wrong? my very basic 'just getting started' profile file: <?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">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"> <module_entry> <device>static-0</device> <module></module> <options></options> </module_entry> </modules> <routing> <ip_forward config:type="boolean">false</ip_forward> </routing> </networking> </configure> <install> <bootloader> <activate config:type="boolean">false</activate> <global config:type="list"/> <loader_device></loader_device> <loader_type>grub</loader_type> <location>mbr</location> <repl_mbr config:type="boolean">false</repl_mbr> <sections config:type="list"/> </bootloader> <partitioning config:type="list"> <drive> <device>/dev/hda</device> <initialize config:type="boolean">false</initialize> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <crypt>twofish256</crypt> <filesystem config:type="symbol">swap</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>swap</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">130</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>auto</size> </partition> <partition> <crypt>twofish256</crypt> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <loop_fs config:type="boolean">false</loop_fs> <mount>/</mount> <partition_id config:type="integer">131</partition_id> <partition_type>primary</partition_type> <size>max</size> </partition> </partitions> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning> <software> <addons config:type="list"> <addon>Novell-Software</addon> <addon>SuSE-Documentation</addon> <addon>Office</addon> <addon>Gnome_Desktop</addon> </addons> <base>Gnome</base> </software> </install> </profile> best regards /JR. -- 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More +++