For those who wanna try this also - Put the AUTOYAST-Paramter into the first line and yast gets the autoinst.xml-file or query for it, if it cannot get it on the given path. My parmfile: AUTOYAST=nfs://10.30.10.32:stefan/autoinst.xml ramdisk_size=65536 root=/dev/ram1 ro init=/linuxrc TERM=dumb IP_INTERFACE=qeth IP_ADDR=10.30.53.24 IP_NETMASK=255.255.0.0 IP_BROADCAST=10.30.255.255 IP_MTU=1500 IP_GATEWAY=10.30.10.32 IP_HOST=xxx READ_DEVNO=f618 WRITE_DEVNO=f619 DATA_DEVNO=f61a DASD_Parameter=dasd=5f07 INST_INFO=nfs INST_IP_ADDR=10.30.10.32 INST_IP_DIR=/distros/suse/SLES-9-s390/SUSE-SLES-Version-9/CD1 INST_PASSWORD=xxxx AUTOINSTALL=yes INST_SCREEN=VNC VNC_PASSWORD=xxxx Connection by VNC through SSH-Tunnel. Yast now just queries the DASD, and then runs in a loop in "Preparing System for automated installation". I think I have to check the autoinst.xml-file now, yast runs till "Preparing your harddisk" and then starts again with "Preparing System for automated installation". Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Stefan Leippert Praktikant eServer Software System Evaluation and Test IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH Schoenaicher Strasse 220 D-71032 Boeblingen mailto:leippert@de.ibm.com