I'm trying to perform a minimal installation of 9.2 on an old Pentium Pro workstation. I plan to use this machine strictly as a Samba-based storage server, so no desktop is necessary.

After YaST starts and it makes its suggestions, I cannot select "minimal installation" from the software submenu. All that are available are the "Default System" options. I tried deselecting everything with the package manager, but all I get are conflicts and errors.

Do I need to perform a manual installation? What else can I be doing wrong? I'm new to SuSe Linux so there's a big chance of idiocy involved.

I'm booting from a downloaded DVD image with ACPI=off and 1024x768 screen resolution, for what that's worth.

Maybe you need to choose 'Manual Installation' to be able to get the minimal selection. I guess it's because YaST uses extensive graphics and therefore needs the default selection. But the manual mode uses only ncurses-based menus and should run on a minimal system as well.