Linux Driver Disk Readme
For Fedora Core 5
Version 1.11 [Jun. 30th,2006]
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INTRODUCTION
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This archive provides drivers for SATA and LAN controller of NVIDIA nForce 550/570/590
and NVIDIA nForce professional 3600/3400/3050.
This Linux distribution ships with the in-box SATA & PATA & LAN drivers which include
MCP55 support. As such, a driver disk for installation of Linux is unneccesary. After
installing Linux, please update the LAN & SATA driver to latest version with rpm package
provided, and the 'initrd.img' file will be updated as part of the installation of the
driver rpm package so that the new SATA driver will be combined into the pre-existing
'initrd.img' image file
Section 1 provides instructions for installing latest SATA and LAN drivers onto an existing
Linux installation.
1) Install the SATA and LAN driver package on existing system
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1.1) If you install the Fedora Core 5 before,you just need to run below command:
in 32bit OS: rpm -ivh nv-fc5-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm
in 64bit OS: rpm -ivh nv-fc5-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.x86_64.rpm
please append '--replacefiles' or '--force' parameter if it report file confliction.
note:
installation of rpm package will create a new initrd image file,the original file will be
backuped with '-nv' extension,for example: initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img-nv,you can specify
the old initrd image file on grub options if you encounter the problem with the new one.
2) Appendix
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List the driver modules for your information:
sata_nv.ko: nVidia SATA controller driver,locate at /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/kernel/drivers/scsi/
forcedeth.ko: nVidia LAN controller driver,locate at /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/kernel/drivers/net/
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.