GeForce2 with Solaris question

Hello.
I asked if Solaris 8 works with an Geforce2 video adapter. Someone gave me this answer
(and I am very grateful for it):
"You might want to use the XFree86 X Server, with the nv driver. Binaries and source are available from: http://soldc.sun.com/developer/support/driver/tools/video/video-index.html".
Can anyone tell me what do I do after that? How do I run this patch?
Thank you!

Don't take this the wrong way, but RTFM! ;-)
http://soldc.sun.com/developer/support/driver/tools/video/binaryREADME.html
Download the Binary edition of the "Porting Kit", and install it as per the readme. The installation instructions are at the bottom of the page you referenced in your post (as is the download link).

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