Help File Library: A 12-Step Program To TNT2 Bliss
1) In Windows, download the driver from:
driver
download. Boot into Linux.
2) Mount the cdrom: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
3) Change to the RPM directory on the cd:
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
4) Attempt to install the XF86 server... hopefully it is already installed:
rpm -i XFree86-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm (your exact
file may vary)
rpm -i XFree86-libs-3.3.3.1-49.i386.rpm
5) Make a directory to mount your windows file system:
mkdir /windows (not necessarily in
/)
6) Mount windows:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /windows
(substitute whatever partition you downloaded the driver to for
hda1)
7) Move the downloaded file onto your linux partition:
mv [filename] /some_dir/[filename]
8) Uncompress the file:
tar xzf [filename]
9) Change to the created directory.
10) Run riva_install (must be done as root):
./riva_install
11) Run xconf:
xconf
12) Press enter at the individual card selection, select the
XF86_SVGA server, 'Y' when asked to create a symbolic
link, enter at video card selection.
That's it-- you should be good to go.