Whether it works or not in SLES 9, I don't know, please tell me if it does. Your xml files are incorrect, here is a more correct one: Container ======= <profile xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns" xmlns:xinclude="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> ... <install> <general> <xinclude:include href="http://10.26.248.155/SLES9CONTROL/sles9sp2/osmf.xml" /> osmf.xml ======= <partitioning config:type="list" xmlns="http://www.suse.com/1.0/yast2ns" xmlns:config="http://www.suse.com/1.0/configns" xmlns:xinclude="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <drive> <device>/dev/vg01</device> <is_lvm_vg config:type="boolean">true</is_lvm_vg> <partitions config:type="list"> <partition> <filesystem config:type="symbol">reiser</filesystem> <format config:type="boolean">true</format> <lv_name>osmflv</lv_name> <mount>/osmf</mount> <size>200MB</size> </partition> </partitions> <pesize>4M</pesize> <use>all</use> </drive> </partitioning>