>>> On 7/18/2012 at 04:09 PM, "Ayers, Jennifer D" <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:

> Isn't it possible to use YaST to upgrade from SLES10-SP4 to SLES11-SP1?  I 
> added the SLES11-SP1 ISO as an nfs installation source in YaST but get the 
> following error:
> 
> There was an error in the repository initialization.
> Can't parse packages file: Can't open 
> /var/lib/zypp/cache/Source.iXnxlE/DATA/descr/packages
> 
> Does anyone know why I am getting this error?  I also have the online 
> SLES10-SP4-Online and Pool repositories listed.

Were you following the instructions at 
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7005410 ??  It should be possible.  
I have to question why you're upgrading to SLES11 SP1 and not SP2, however.


Mark Post

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