[Ham-Mac] Mac Linux

[Larry Weil]

I just obtained a Mac Linux installation disk, and want to experiment with 
this.  The timing is good, I am also putting a new hard drive in my mac (a 
G4/800/Quicksilver 2002), and will set aside a partition on the drive for this.

I'm wondering how much experience any of you have with Mac Linux?  The 
first question I have is how large a partition should I make for 
this?  The, once I install this, do I boot from that partition, or does Mac 
Linux run as an application the way Virtual PC does?

Also, does anyone have any opinions on the Linux version of Echolink as 
compared to EchoMac?

I really don't know much, I just want to experiment a bit and do it in a 
way that won't affect my basic operating system (OS X v 10.4, a.k.a. 
Tiger).  I just picked up the disk this morning at a hamfest, it came with 
no instructions, they just burned a disk for me right there.

Any help or general hints would be appreciated.  And, I hope this is not 
off topic for this list, and apologize if it is.

73 de KC1IH

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH