PCLinuxOnline has posted a guide about doing a SuSE Linux 8.1 FTP install

I recently installed SuSE 8.1 (nice) via 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.

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