After a little bit of research I noticed that SuSE offers 9.2 via network installation, and any information regarding the success of, or failure, of would be greatly appreciated.

It would seem that SuSE offers the full meal deal off of the ftp server for no cost, and this may interest me since my purchase of 8.1 has no support to be found. Unless there is a way of upgrading 8.1 successfully, the interest would fall onto the 9.2 procedure.