# AutoYaST doesn't configure network **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Install-Boot\ **Created:** [December 2, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/autoyast-doesnt-configure-network/27681 "2015-12-02T10:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@timstein](https://forums.suse.com/u/timstein)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/autoyast-doesnt-configure-network/27681/1 "2015-12-02T10:39:35Z")
Hello folks! Maybe I just got too less coffee this morning but I’m running into trouble invoking AutoYaST on SLES 12. Using the original installation medium (DVD 1) and the following linuxrc boot parameters [FONT=Courier New]netdevice=eth0 hostip=192.168.251.135 netmask=255.255.255.0 autoyast=nfs://192.168.251.6/srv/nfs/default/autoinst-SLES12.xml[/FONT] breaks the installation with error “An error occurred while fetching the profile” (and so on). Searching around the system at this state I found out that eth0 was not configured. No configuration and state DOWN. What am I missing? Thanks & regards Tim ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/autoyast-doesnt-configure-network/27681/2 "2015-12-02T13:22:36Z")
On 02/12/2015 08:44, timstein wrote: [color=blue] > Maybe I just got too less coffee this morning but I’m running into > trouble invoking AutoYaST on SLES 12. Using the original installation > medium (DVD 1) and the following linuxrc boot parameters > netdevice=eth0 hostip=192.168.251.135 netmask=255.255.255.0 > autoyast=nfs://192.168.251.6/srv/nfs/default/autoinst-SLES12.xml > breaks the installation with error “An error occurred while fetching the > profile” (and so on). Searching around the system at this state I found > out that eth0 was not configured. No configuration and state DOWN. > What am I missing?[/color] So this isn’t a question about an AutoYaST profile but trying to access one when booting the server to install via AutoYaST? If eth0 exists during the (aborted) install I would try adding “netwait=30” to the linuxrc boot parameters to wait 30 seconds for network to initialise before continuing the install. ## HTH. Simon SUSE Knowledge Partner * * * ## If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![timstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@timstein](https://forums.suse.com/u/timstein)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/autoyast-doesnt-configure-network/27681/3 "2015-12-02T14:29:27Z")
[QUOTE=smflood]So this isn’t a question about an AutoYaST profile but trying to access one when booting the server to install via AutoYaST?[/QUOTE]Yes, exactly. For me it looks like as if linuxrc does not configure and activate eth0. [QUOTE=smflood]If eth0 exists during the (aborted) install I would try adding “netwait=30” to the linuxrc boot parameters to wait 30 seconds for network to initialise before continuing the install.[/QUOTE]Did not help ☹ eth0 is there during install ---
**Author:** ![Eugen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eugen](https://forums.suse.com/u/Eugen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/autoyast-doesnt-configure-network/27681/4 "2015-12-02T15:43:07Z")
Hi Tim, I’ve been running into similar issues recently, I tried to setup a SLE12 VM with the “old syntax” for the network configuration. You can find the correct syntax [here](https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Linuxrc). Basically, this is how linuxrc expects the network configuration: ```auto ifcfg="eth0=10.0.1.1/24,10.0.1.254,10.0.1.10 10.0.1.11,foo.bar zap.bar" ``` So for your example I would try this: ```auto ifcfg='eth0=192.168.251.135/24' autoyast=nfs://192.168.251.6/srv/nfs/default/autoinst-SLES12.xml ``` I’ve been told that linuxrc only requires ip address and netmask to configure a basic network, so this should probably work (maybe with minor changes). Hope this helps! Regards, Eugen ---
**Author:** ![timstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@timstein](https://forums.suse.com/u/timstein)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/autoyast-doesnt-configure-network/27681/5 "2015-12-02T16:40:48Z")
Eugen, you are my man! Thank you! This exactly solved my problem. I will add a comment to the corresponding SLES 12 documentation. From my point of view it’s simply pointing into the wrong direction. Best regards Tim ---
**Author:** ![Eugen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eugen](https://forums.suse.com/u/Eugen)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/autoyast-doesnt-configure-network/27681/6 "2015-12-03T09:55:50Z")
I’m glad it worked 🙂