hostip" parameter is not working with autoyast on vmware

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1

Situation

When using autoyast to do the installation it is not assigning the IP address before it looks for the autoyast file.

Example of parameters used at boot time:
hostip=192.168.1.1 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.254 nameserver=192.168.1.253 autoyast=nfs://192.168.1.5/export/autoyast.xml

Resolution

Add the "netsetup=1" parameter to the boot line.

For example:
netsetup=1 hostip=192.168.1.1 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.254 nameserver=192.168.1.253 autoyast=nfs://192.168.1.5/export/autoyast.xml

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