# To read profile  during installation

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/to-read-profile-during-installation/22155>\
**Category:** SLES Install-Boot\
**Created:** [February 6, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/to-read-profile-during-installation/22155 "2012-02-06T07:16:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/to-read-profile-during-installation/22155/1 "2012-02-06T07:16:02Z")

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I am building SuSE (SLES 11 SP1)appliances using KIWI and was looking  
for a way to perform an unattended installation in them. Moreover, I  
need to perform partitioning based on the hardware (no. of disks, their  
capacity, etc).

I came across SuSE’s AutoYaST feature that suggests that I can put my  
installation instructions in an xml file(called the autoyast profile) in  
the generated ISO. Also, I needed a location to put my partitioning  
script (possibly utilizing fdisk command). The SuSE documentation at  
4.12. clearly says that " it’s possible to change the partitioning with  
fdisk in your pre-script"

I read that it can be done if:

1.The xml file autoinst.xml is put on the root of the cd.  
2.the script (called a pre-script in this case) is embedded inside the  
xml file  
3.while booting from cd, the boot parameter  
autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml is given.

My autoinst.xml file looks like this:

\<?xml version="1.0"?\>

This xml profile is taken from the example provided at the end of the  
page at  
“[http://doc.opensuse.org/projects/YaST/openSUSE11.1/autoinstall/createprofile.scripts.html](http://doc.opensuse.org/projects/YaST/openSUSE11.1/autoinstall/createprofile.scripts.html)”.

As you can clearly see, the script is meant is produce output that can  
be easily verified. But this is not happening. I have included the  
packages autoyast2 and autoyast2-installation in the appliance. On  
booting with the specified boot parameter, I am taken to an error screen  
that says “calling the YaST module ‘inst\_netprobe’ has failed” The logs  
mentioned in the error (/var/log/YaST2/y2log) are no good. They just say  
the same thing that calling the module inst\_netprobe failed.

After selecting NEXT, installation proceeds normally and ends at the  
login prompt. After login I’m not seeing any of the changes that the  
pre-script was meant to produce, suggesting it wasn’t called.

Can someone point out if I am missing something?

1. Am i missing a package related to AutoYaST?
2. Is my location (“/” on the ISO) correct for putting my xml file?
3. Is the xml file correctly formatted or is it missing something? I  
took this sample from the example given at the end of the documentation  
link i provided above.
4. Is the way of invocation correct? (giving  
autoyast=file:///autoinst.xml) ?

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