			Linux Driver Disk Readme
			   For SLES9_SP3
			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

If need to create a driver disk,refer to section 1.

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

1) INSTALL Linux with driver disk
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Prepare a SATA driver diskette and load the driver during OS installation

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

1.2) Disable SATA raid in BIOS and start the linux Installation with SLES9 SP3 disc.

1.3) Insert your SATA driver diskette into floppy drive when the first installation
     screen appear.

1.4) 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 SLES9 SP3 before,you just need to run below command:

      in 32bit OS: rpm -ivh nvlan-sles9.3-2.6.5-7.244.i686.rpm
                   rpm -ivh nvsata-sles9.3-2.6.5-7.244.i686.rpm
      in 64bit OS: rpm -ivh nvlan-sles9.3-2.6.5-7.244.x86_64.rpm
                   rpm -ivh nvsata-sles9.3-2.6.5-7.244.x86_64.rpm
      please append '--replacefiles' or '--force' parameter if it report file confliction.

note:
      'initrd.img' file will be updated as part of the installation of the SATA driver rpm 
      package so that the new SATA driver will be combined into the pre-existing 'initrd.img' 
      image file,the original file will be backuped with '-nv' extension,
      for example: initrd-2.6.5-7.244-default.img-nv,please specify the old initrd image 
      file in grub options if encounter the problem with the new one.      

3) Appendix
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List the driver modules for your information:

sata_nv.ko: nVidia SATA controller driver,locate at /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.244-default/kernel/drivers/scsi/
forcedeth.ko: nVidia LAN controller driver,locate at /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.244-default/kernel/drivers/net/