I'm a big fan of Mandrake. I've been using it since 8.0.
One thing that bugs me is the default package installation based on whether you choose 'development' or 'multimedia station' or whatever during the upgrade or installation. If you don't choose development, then adding ANY package later on is absolutely impossible without running down a bunch of dependencies....
Now that that rant is over, try typing this:
rpm -i
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/9.2...-2mdk.i586.rpm
Just about everything on the CDs is in this directory:
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/9.2...Mandrake/RPMS/
rpm will work over ftp or http without a problem. Just type rpm -i <URL> and it'll install from the remote location.
good luck,
di11rod