Posted by Smarty on 04/21/07 02:08

Mostly the first part, making the slipstream. I also had the problem that I
was installing the same serial number twice on the same hardware, once as a
bootable XP partition and the other as a virtual hard disk. I had to
"negotiate" that with a Microsoft person in India who was clueless about
Parallels, Bootcamp, etc. She viewed it as 2 different hardware boxes
despite my explanation.

BTW, I wound up dumping my MacPro last week as I was tired of all the
hassles and really lackluster performance, all things considered. May get
another one when the performance bumps up by a factor of 5 or more.........

Smarty


"Luis Ortega" <lortega@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Smarty, I just checked the site and it seems doable.
> My question is, the part that "took a lot of screwing around"- was that in
> creating the disk itself or getting it to work on the Mac when trying to
> install Windows on the Mac?
> The creating the disk part doesn't concern me as I am quite familiar with
> getting things PC to work, but I am a total novice on the Mac side, so
> that currently scares me.
> Thanks for your advice.
>
> "Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
> news:sridneZhbofIjLTbnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@adelphia.com...
>> Luis,
>>
>> One method is to build a so-called "slipstreamed " Windows XP SP2
>> bootable disk per the instructions at:
>>
>> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp
>>
>> I did this successfully with Bootcamp to install XP on my MacPro but it
>> took a lot of screwing around.
>>
>> Smarty
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Luis Ortega" <lortega@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:1b8Wh.4744$VT3.3145@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>>>I have my Windows XP Pro installation disk which includes service pack 1,
>>>but I read that to install Windows XP on a Mac Pro you need to have a
>>>Windows disk that includes service pack 2.
>>> I read somewhere else that you can create a Windows installation disk
>>> that includes service pack 2 so that you can install Windows and not
>>> have to waste the time updating to service pack 2, but I don't remember
>>> how.
>>> Is this correct, and if so, would this newly created disk be accepted
>>> during a Windows installation on a Mac, or would the way it was put
>>> together cause problems?
>>> I would appreciate any advice on whether this is possible and how to do
>>> it and if it would be useable for a Windows XP installation on a Mac.
>>> Thanks a lot for any advice.
>>>
>>
>>
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