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as a newbie trying to install debian 3.1 (sarge) i need to download the nvidia platform drivers - catch 22 - i cannot download to my xp windows box as ...
- 10-27-2005 #1Just Joined!
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installing nvidia drivers on Debian 3.1 (sarge)
as a newbie trying to install debian 3.1 (sarge) i need to download the nvidia platform drivers - catch 22 - i cannot download to my xp windows box as its filesystem is ntfs and the driver at 3.3mb cannot be copied to floppy disk(s) as Winxp home does not allow floppys to be spanned. Any ideas please
- 10-27-2005 #2Linux Guru
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Do you not have a CD burner? You can mount NTFS partitions in Linux and read from them, just not write to them, so you should be able to save it in MS Windows and copy it off in Debian.
If you have an internet connection in Debian, try just doing apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel.Registered Linux user #270181
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Or, to mount the ntfs file system, run apt-get install libntfs5 and then the appropriate mount command to give your linux install access to the ntfs partition.
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Debian nVidia how-to..
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/
in case you need more information or an alternate method of installation.
You can download the nvidia installer from the command line using
wget download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7676/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
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