[ Thanks to Yama
for this link. ]
“I installed SuSE 8.2 (nice) via a FTP install last night. This
was my second time to do a FTP install. It was not too difficult.
You need to know 3 things before you get started. You need to know
the network card module/driver for your broadband connection, the
ip address of the ftp server and the directory that contains the
rpms.“It is highly recommended that you have a broadband connection
before attempting this kind of install. This only works for cable
modem users. DSL users are out of luck at there is no way to enter
your name and password as far as I know. The first thing you need
to to do is download the 18mb boot.iso and burn it to CDR…”