Updated image descriptions to build openSUSE 11.1 live CD and USB images using KIWI “easily”. Presenting updated easy-kiwi-build to build openSUSE 11.1 based images:

* Install required packges:

1-click install easy-kiwi-gui

Or via command line:

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/openSUSE_11.1 openSUSE:Tools

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/cyberorg:/kiwi/openSUSE_11.1 home:cyberorg:kiwi

zypper refresh

zypper in easy-kiwi-build easy-kiwi-gui

zypper up -t package -r openSUSE:Tools # Always make sure kiwi packages are up to date.

* Build your own Live CD or deploy it on USB stick

1. Mount openSUSE 11.1 DVD/iso at /mnt/11.1, this will be used as installation source of all the packages in the image.

Run Jan Webber’s easy-kiwi-gui as root or follow the instructions below to do it manually.

2. Select the image you want to build in /etc/sysconfig/kiwi-build, choices such as :example, icecream, kde3, kde4 and gnome are available.

3. Run as root: kiwi-build-image -cd (to build Live CD) or kiwi-build-image -u (for USB, keep USB stick plugged in when running this, does not work with USB hard-disk).

Have a lot of fun…