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2 Omit the exact path including the filename when creating the autoyast= pa-
3 Start the autoinstallation.
YaST tries to determine the location of the profile in the following way:
1. YaST searches for the profile using its own IP address in uppercase hexadecimal,
for example, 192.0.2.91 is C000025B.
2. If this file is not found, YaST removes one hex digit and tries again. This action
is repeated eight times until the file with the correct name is found.
3. If that still fails, it tries looking for a file with the MAC address of the clients as
the filename. The MAC address of the example client is 0080C8F6484C.
4. If the MAC address–named file cannot be found, YaST searches for a file named
default (in lowercase). An example sequence of addresses where YaST
searches for the AutoYaST profile looks as follows:
C000025B
C000025
C00002
C0000
C000
C00
C0
C
0080C8F6484C
default
21.1.3 Providing the Installation Data
The installation data can be provided by means of the product CDs or DVDs or using
a network installation source. If the product CDs are used as the installation source,
physical access to the client to install is needed, because the boot process needs to be
initiated manually and the CDs need to be changed.
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rameter, for example:
autoyast=tftp://192.168.1.115/