Hey all thanks for your suggestions.
I got through the NVIDIA installation. I found the source-kernel rpm amongst the packages in the drake installer. I installed it and tried to do it again. This time it worked just fine. Highly recommend this one to anyone whohasn't done this before!
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=30
The Tutorial on this site was invaluable!
Thanks LinuxQuestions.org!