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On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:25:11 +0000, McGrandpa wrote:

> I have a couple of more recent distros to choose from.  Redhat 8,9 (fedora). 
> Mandrake 9 and possibly 10.   I have bootable ISO's ready to go, already 
> tested each at least once!  I can pretty much pick n choose which crate to 
> put it on.  I'll use a seperate HD just for Linux.  I'd like to see how the 

Those are all pretty old distros...  I'd go with the Mandrake 10 unless
you want to download something newer.

> 64 bit version runs with my X2 4800+ , 2 gigs DDR400 in dual channel, 6800 
> GT.  I haven't bought into SATA drives yet.  I have a bunch of EIDE drives 
> ranging from 20g to 160g.

All of the versions you mentioned above come in 32-bit only, which is
fine.  Will run on a 64 bit CPU.

> Dan, this is a fairly simple and honest request, so TIA for at least a 
> simple honest answer!  :)

No problem.  Once you get the Linux distro installed (32 bit version),
download this file:
<http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7676/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run>

In a terminal, type "su" and then your root password, and then use the
"cd" (change directory) command to navigate to wherever you saved the
above file.  Then type (without quotes): ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
Note that there is a (period) in front of that command...

The installer should run at that point, and then you'll need to edit your
XF86Config-4 file, as outlined here:
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7676/README.txt

It sounds harder than it actually is.  Good luck.

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