diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/hardeths b/xCAT/postscripts/hardeths
index 7c5bbae2f..21a50c382 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/hardeths
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/hardeths
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
+if [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]
+then
+    #SLES9 and SLES10, uses /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-<mac>
+    #SLES11, uses /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth<x>
+    NICFILEPRE="/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-"
+    echo `hostname` > /etc/HOSTNAME
+else
+    #RedHat uses /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth<x>
+    NICFILEPRE="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-"
+    sed -i "s/HOSTNAME.*/HOSTNAME=`hostname`/" /etc/sysconfig/network
+fi
 for nic in `ifconfig -a|grep -B1 "inet addr"|awk '{print $1}'|grep -v inet|grep -v -- --|grep -v lo`; do
    IPADDR=`ifconfig $nic |grep "inet addr"|awk '{print $2}' |awk -F: '{print $2}'`
    NETMASK=`ifconfig $nic |grep "inet addr"|awk '{print $4}' |awk -F: '{print $2}'`
-   sed -i s/BOOTPROTO=dhcp/BOOTPROTO=none/ /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$nic
-   echo IPADDR=$IPADDR >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$nic
-   echo NETMASK=$NETMASK >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$nic
+   if [ -f ${NICFILEPRE}${nic} ]
+   then
+       NICFILE=${NICFILEPRE}${nic}
+   else
+       mac=`ifconfig $nic|grep HWaddr|awk '{print $5}'|tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"`
+       NICFILE=${NICFILEPRE}eth-id-${mac}
+   fi
+   sed -i s/BOOTPROTO=dhcp/BOOTPROTO=static/ $NICFILE
+   sed -i s/BOOTPROTO=\'dhcp\'/BOOTPROTO=static/ $NICFILE
+   echo IPADDR=$IPADDR >> $NICFILE
+   echo NETMASK=$NETMASK >> $NICFILE 
 done
-sed -i "s/HOSTNAME.*/HOSTNAME=`hostname`/" /etc/sysconfig/network
-