Thanks for cutting a noob a break.

Just installed 9.2 from the DVD download. Really like it so far! Was able to get Samba server downloaded and installed, get the web server online, setup no-ip for web redirection, and create users. My problem is I cannot get the FTP server online. By default it looks like the package didn't come with the FTP RPM's (only the client packages were included, not the server packages), so I downloaded and installed both pure-ftp and vsftp separately to see if either would fix the problem, but no luck.

Any thoughts what I could be missing? The fact this distro didn't come with server packages make me think I'm missing something related to running this as a server.

Did you try to use Yast for the server configuration? AFAIK this is pretty simple and straight forward. Probably it's only the firewall that blocks your server...

I can't imagine that no FTP server was on that DVD (however I cannot prove that). Sure that you simply didn't select it during installation?

Yep, used YAST. Turns out the DVD download version doesn't come with ANY of the sever packages. Read this in a few other posts. Since I don't know what server packages I need, now my options are to find all the RPM's for server stuff, or buy the DVD version and run YAST using that CD instead.

Add an installation source! From YaST, you can tell SuSE to add a new place to look for packages. Find a mirror here: http://www.novell.com/products/linux...t_mirrors.html
and find the 9.2 directory on the server. Go to "change installation source" and add an ftp source. Enter the server name, then it will ask you for the path. Don't start the path with a '/'. You should be able then to install the servers.

Boy do I feel like a tool! Work's been bustin my ass so I've been deadlocked on this. Thanks again everyone for your help.

This is what I get when I add an installation source:
Using OregonState as an example.

FTP Source Server:
ftp.oregonstate.edu
Directory on server:
pub/suse/suse/i386/9.2/ (tried with and without ending slash)
Result:
ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media)

Tried about 5 different FTP servers with the same result.

Either the servers I've been trying don't have an instsrc file that I can find or I'm doing something wrong, most likely the latter. Any thoughts?

Again, thanks all for giving a newb a break!

EDIT

Turns out it may not have been me. I found a source for a 9.1 installation that worked, but every 9.2 installation server failed. Anyone know a good 9.2 server I can add to my install sources?

Are you sure you are running 9.2? Maybe it refuses to accept the 9.2 source because you run 9.1

Check the kernelversion: uname -r
(9.2 should use 2.6.8, while 9.1 uses 2.6.5)

you can find install sources under the "online update sections" that are close to you.

I just went ahead and bought 9.2 Pro. Why make my life difficult? Thanks all for your help.