1. Chipset.zip Driver
2. README.txt File Contents

README.txt Driver File Contents (Chipset.zip)

			Linux Driver Disk Readme
			   For RHEL3_U6
			Version 1.11 [Jun. 30th,2006]
			=============================


INTRODUCTION
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This archive provides drivers for PATA, SATA and LAN controller of NVIDIA nForce 550/570/590
and NVIDIA nForce professional 3600/3400/3050.

Some older distributions do not contain NVIDIA SATA support.  If a SATA disk
is needed for installation (for example, if the OS is to reside on a SATA disk),
the drivers need to be loaded during the OS installation process via the
provided driver disks. Refer to section 1 for how to create a driver diskette.

Section 2 provides instructions for installing SATA and LAN drivers onto an existing Linux 
installation.

Section 3 provides instructions on how to compile a new kernel with an updated PATA driver. 
This will increase performance for PATA devices if your kernel is not already aware of 
nForce device IDs by allowing DMA capability. 

1) INSTALL Linux to a SATA drive
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Prepare a SATA driver diskette and load the driver during OS installation

1.1) Copy all the files located at ./floppy-files/32(64)bit to a formatted diskette.

1.2) Disable SATA raid in BIOS and start the linux Installation with RHEL3 disc.

1.3) At the first installation screen, a prompt
     labeled "boot:" will appear at the bottom of the screen.

1.4) Please append parameters "linux dd"("linux dd askmethod" for network installation) 
     at the "boot:" prompt,then press the Enter key.

1.5) At the "Driver disk" dialog box, press "Yes" .

1.6) Next ,if "Driver Disk Source " dialog box appears,select "fd0" and press "OK".
  
1.7) At the "Insert Driver disk" dialog box,insert your SATA driver diskette into 
     floppy drive and press "OK" to continue;

1.8) Continue with the installation as normal.

2) Install the SATA and LAN driver package on existing system
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2.1) If you install the RHEL3 Update6 before,you just need to run below command:

      in 32bit OS: rpm -ivh nv-rhas3.6-2.4.21-37.EL.athlon.rpm
      in 64bit OS: rpm -ivh nv-rhas3.6-2.4.21-37.EL.x86_64.rpm 
      please append '--replacefiles' or '--force' parameter if it report file confliction.

note:
    1.in case you want to add the 'mptscsih' module to initrd image file so that it can be loaded
      when os boot,please run the following command after installing the rpm package:
      
      mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.4.21-37.EL.img 2.4.21-37.EL
      mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img 2.4.21-37.ELsmp

    2.installation of rpm package will create a new initrd image file,the original file will be
      backuped with '-nv' extension,for example: initrd-2.4.21-37.EL.img-nv,you can specify the 
      old initrd image file on grub options if you encounter the problem with the new one.

3) UPGRADE the PATA driver
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Build a new kernel with the source code of drivers 

3.1) Copy ./source/amd74xx.c to /usr/src/linux-2.4/drivers/ide/pci
     Copy ./source/amd74xx.h to /usr/src/linux-2.4/drivers/ide/pci
     Copy ./source/sata_nv.c to /usr/src/linux-2.4/drivers/scsi
     Copy ./source/forcedeth.c to /user/src/linux-2.4/drivers/net
     Remember to backup the original files

3.2) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4

3.3) make mrproper

3.4) make oldconfig

3.5) make dep;make modules;make modules_install;make install
   
3.6) reboot system. After you boot into Linux again, the full feature nVidia PATA driver is migrated.

4) Appendix
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4.1) If LAN controllers fail to initialize when load the driver,please disable the APIC option in
     system BIOS,or append the 'noapic' parameter in grub line,then try again.

4.2) List the driver modules for your information:

sata_nv.ko: nVidia SATA controller driver,locate at /lib/modules/2.4.21-37.EL/kernel/drivers/scsi/
forcedeth.ko: nVidia LAN controller driver,locate at /lib/modules/2.4.21-37.EL/kernel/drivers/net/