"Getting ready to try out Mandrake 10.1 on an IBM 380Z notebook (PIII, 233MHz, 96MB). Any cautions or suggestions from anyone?"
Yeah...does your wife need an extra cutting board?...LOL!
Seriously it should run fine but take care that you have the drivers you'll need to run the audio and video on the notebook correctly!
I tried the live Knoppix CD (based on Debian 3.3) on the same machine and it didn't seem to have trouble with any of the hardware except for running abysmally slow (no doubt due to running off the CD).
ShadowAce, I checked out that link. Wierd name, Mandriva, sounds like the angry Hindu goddess of computing! LOL