SUSE Linux Enterprise is now available as a 2.6Gb download from the Novell website.  It’s just a raw VHD.  No compression, VMC, or documentation included.

A snippet from the Novell Blog is below:

More fruit from Novell’s collaboration with Microsoft … Novell has made available SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Microsoft’s Virtual Hard Drive (VHD). The VHD image file contains SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 with most available packages already installed. With this image, folks can run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 on their Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and experience Linux easily and risk free. Check it out.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) on Microsoft’s Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) is a VHD image file that contains the latest release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: SLES 10 SP1 with most available packages already installed. With this image you can run SLES 10 SP1 on your Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2.

I’m downloading a copy now, but I’ve had to register (no biggy).  I wonder why Novell didn’t zip the VHD?  Hmmm.