[newbie] Mandrake installation, comments on 7.1

[Hopper]

I'd like to try a clean install of Mandrake 7.1, but would like to try the 
installation via FTP or HTTP.

Has anyone had luck with a network installation? I know Red Hat 6.x can be easily 
installed, using a boot disk, via FTP and HTTP, but what about Mandrake?

7.0 only supported installation via FTP. Does 7.1 support installation via HTTP? Also, 
for those of you brave enough to try the new version, what do you think of it?

Regards,
Nathan Hopper