I have nfs discovery of the autoinst.xml file and nfs installation working now, thanks to quick response from Christoph. However, we need the option of installing from ftp, and I cannot get that to work. Here are the parameters I am using for boot options; linux autoyast=ftp://192.168.1.1/home/anonymous/autoinst.xml install=ftp://192.168.1.1/home/anonymous/sles8_install netdevice=eth0 insmod=eepro100 HostIP=192.168.1.2 where 192.168.1.1 is the ftp server, anonymous is ftp_username for vsftpd (and its home directory is the root of the anonymous ftp area--this works ftp'ing from another machine), sles8_install is the subdirectory containing the installation files, and 192.168.1.2 is an unused address on the network. At the prompts I enter the following data: Start installation/system: Start installation Please choose the source medium: Network Please choose the network protocol: FPT Automatic configuration via DHCP: No Please enter your IP address: 192.168.1.2 Please enter your netmask: 255.255.255.0 If you need gateway . . .: 192.168.1.2 Please enter Ip address of name server: <Esc> Please enter IP address of FPT server: 192.168.1.1 Usually an FPT installation . . .: No Do you want to use a HTTP proxy: No Please enter the directory on the server: /home/anonymous/sles8_install This results in the red window "Error while accessing the FPT server: File not found on server Thanks again for any help anyone can provide. Sincerely, Don Watson Linux Technology and Solutions; Beaverton, OR 503-578-4861/TL: 775-4861; dwatson@us.ibm.com