How do you handle a different video driver for a live CD?

[WildHorse]

On a Windows XP box I have the driver installed for the NVIDIA EVGA 8800GT superclocked video card.

The computer is mainly used with Windows XP.

When I run a Linux Live DVD (openSuse 10.3 and Mint Daryna 4.0 KDE), the installed video card driver for Windows doesn't work right under Linux. It works, but not "right."

NVIDIA does offer a different driver for this gpu under Linux.


QUESTION:
How do you leave the Windows XP driver installed for "normal" computer use,
but call up the Linux driver only when experimenting with a Live DVD of Linux?

Do I somehow add NVIDIA's Linux driver into the Live DVD iso (how to do that?),
or install it so that both the Linux and the Windows drivers are co-installed in tandem,
or other is there some other way?

Thank you.

 

[Nothinman]

The Windows driver has no bearing at all on a Live CD. If the driver on the Linux Live CD isn't working right there are ways to fix it from installing it after booting the disc if the disc supports that sort of thing or remastering the disc with the new driver on it but neither are probably terribly simple for someone knew to Linux.

 

[WildHorse]

Nothinman,

Thank you for replying.

I don't know how to remaster an .iso.

From what you say, it sounds like that's what I need to go off somewhere and learn how to do.

 

[Nothinman]

That's only one part of it though, you also have to know how to add/remove software from the distribution on the LiveCD. It varies per distribution but there are docs on how to remaster a Knoppix disc out there.

 

[WildHorse]

Thank you, Nothinman.