* Rick Green (rtg@mich.com) [020613 09:15]:
Last night, I needed to install another package, and didn't have my CD set handy. I thought "No problem, it's on the FTP server now...". I went to the 'Change source of installation' Yast2 module, selected 'network', and entered the ftp server and path. No Go - it wouldn't connect. A search of the reference manual and the help-system led me to believe that a 'network install' is now assumed to be NFS, but there is a comment that samba and FTP are alternatives. Well, there is a radio button for SMB, but none for FTP...
The ftp function wasn't in the the CD version of 8.0, that's why the ftp version was delayed for a month. You can try replacing all of your yast2 packages with those from the ftp version in order to be able to use ftp as an installation source but I don't recommend this if you are using the German version or aren't exactly sure of what you are doing. -- -ckm