Hey there ;-)
I did a quick search on the UMAX Pulsar and found the following page
where they describe getting LinuxPPC to work on a UMAX Pulsar:
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/4/1998/8/0/58721/
So, I think the first order of business would be getting Mandrake to
work on your base config (w/o the G3 Upgrade card). I'm unfamiliar with
how the kernel handles upgrade cards, but my feeling is that you ought
to be able to get the upgrade card to work if you can get the base unit
to work. As for your Matrox card, that should be fine - Matrox cards
are supported relatively well under XFree86, if I recall.
Now - it may not be a flawless, seemless installation, but if you're
willing to do some testing, I'm sure Stew can probably accomodate some
things in the ISOs to make life a bit easier ;-).
Check out that link and write back w/ what you think.
-Brice
Brian Durant wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am a Linux newbie. I am looking for a Linux flavor that works with a UMAX
>Pulsar with a G3 upgrade and a Matrox graphics card. I am hoping that
>Mandrake PPC will become the flavor that I want. Any chance of getting in at
>the ground level and making sure that I my machine is included?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Brian
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