This post follows my last attempt to install a linuxmint in a virtual machine (virtualbox) see previous post.
After noticing that the Bamboo Wacom tablet wasn't recognized (unless practicing voodoo) I didn't had much choice but to forget the virtual route and ...
Launch Bootcamp, make room and prepare 16GB for the linux install
Which wasn't easy because Bootcamp kept whining about some files preventing the partitioning
"The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved"
and the console spat this eloquent piece of literature "hfs_truncatefs: couldn't reclaim space on HD"
It was only after removing virtualbox, and as many files as possible, doing an single user boot (and fsck -fy) then booting on the install CD and launching disc utility then repair permission, repair disk) that finally ... result ... the partition was made
The Linuxmint installation in comparison was just a walk in the park