Portal:KIWI/FAQ/13

Q: Can i build a SLE10 image with openSUSE 11.x and later or SLE 11 and later?

Yes, but you need the appropriate tools installed on your build system and the repositories for SLE10 (DVD/iso/...)

Zypper from SLE10 is too old and does not provide the features we need. So you must use smart as packagemanager in your config.xml

<packagemanager>smart</packagemanager>

In order to use it, you must install smart in you build system.

So please add the repository to your system http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/packagemanager/ and install smart into your system.

If you are use kiwi version < 3.60 and use ext3 as filesystem, you must use a different inode size, because openSUSE 11.1 uses a different one as SLE10.

--fs-inodesize 128

Tip: Use the SLES10 JeOS template as basis for your build