4349 and 2 kernels problem

[revolution_of_1]

hello -
I am completely new to linux and have run into a unsolvable problem for me. I have two kernels I run in Mandrake 9.1 - the stock kernel and kernel-multimedia for my audio work. I can only get the nvidia driver to install under one kernel at a time. Each time I wish to run a different kernel build, I must reinstall the 4349 driver. When I do that, it uninstalls the previous installation from the other kernel. That cannot be how the driver works, right? Lot's of people run more than 1 kernel and I can't believe NVidia would allow something like this in there excellent quality drivers.
How can I get the driver to stay installed/loaded under all kernels I need installed?
Thanks for your help -
revolution_of_one

[bwkaz]

Run the installer with the --extract-only option. That will create a new directory with the same name as the installer (without the .run).

Then, boot to the kernel that currently doesn't have the driver installed, and cd into that new directory. Then, cd usr/src/nv (note the lack of a leading slash), and run make. Then, become root and make install.

Redo this make, make install for each additional kernel you have.

If you ever rerun the installer all the way through, it'll delete the old kernel modules again (all of them), so you'll have to redo this for each kernel you use.

[revolution_of_1]

Thank you for the reply in such easy to understand terms. I will try it tonight and let you know if it worked for me. I just knew there had to be a way to run the new drivers under several kernels at the same time.
Thanks again -
revolution_of_one