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Os X Lion Bootcamp and XP

If you are using Lion and want/need to use XP then you may be able to do a "hack" and use the Snow Leopard drivers.

Alternatively run XP under VMware or Parallels (VMware had a special on for 35 US on black friday) or alternatively install windows 7 professional and then get the XP VM machine running under Windows 7 Professional (free seperate download from MSN).
 
uognarf said:
I managed to get dual boot XP and Lion working.

I posted my solution here
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Hello! I'm trying to use your technique....
I have a question that may be silly but here it goes.....When I go to Disk Utility, it does not give me the option to partition in FAT32 format, only MS-DOS(FAT), among other choices....Is that the same thing?
 
zoezoezoe said:
Hello! I'm trying to use your technique....
I have a question that may be silly but here it goes.....When I go to Disk Utility, it does not give me the option to partition in FAT32 format, only MS-DOS(FAT), among other choices....Is that the same thing?
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Yes, thats the option you want. Then when you load up XP, it gives you the option to re-format it again. Good question, I had the same one!
 
Yes, MS dos format. But I wouldn't reformat from the blue screen when installing windows...

The windows install process limits FAT32 to 32gb (from the installer). You can format with NTFS if you wish....

I also posted links to the bootcamp drivers on my blog, although they can be found with google pretty easily.
 
Here is a follow on to the above OP. I had a Late 2009 24" iMac and Apple just replaced it because of multiple repairs with a 27" Ultimate iMac. Unfortunately I had XP on my old Bootcamp partition. I am going to try your method about the bypass for XP but since my computer came with Lion, will the bootcamp drivers install on XP since 7 is required theoretically now?

Thanks for all your help in advance.

~Mac
 
DaMob said:
Haha yeah, figured it out myself.
Should have more patience before I ask for help.

Thanks anyway!
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How did you do it?
Must you create the partition using a windows 7 disk then install windows xp on it? But another guy said it won't setup because of the new hardware, how did it work on you?


Also, for the question "Why use XP and not 7?", the answer is because XP takes 2gb and win7 takes... 12-15gb!
 
Dnix said:
I know you said you don't want 7, but seriously...XP isn't even supported by MS anymore (I don't think).
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until April 8, 2014 it is...see if Apple will support an OS that long next time you feel like bashing MS :)
 
uognarf said:
I managed to get dual boot XP and Lion working.

I posted my solution here
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Hello emf.
I posted in your site too, but I'm posting here too just in case...

I tried installing windows XP but I get a "could not load hal.dll" error.
Is my .iso corrupted or should I find the hal file and put it somewhere in the iso?
That happened by creating a windows xp usb drive with wintoflash (via parallels).
If I create a winxp usb drive with boot camp (on Lion) I get another error when trying to install (something about bootmgr).
Any tips?
 
Noooo. 99 times out of 100 the missing hal.dll error is not just a corrupted file, there's something fundamentally broken in Windows XP or the boot order settings.

You using an XP CD with the latest service pack applied?
 
MagicBoy said:
Noooo. 99 times out of 100 the missing hal.dll error is not just a corrupted file, there's something fundamentally broken in Windows XP or the boot order settings.

You using an XP CD with the latest service pack applied?
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windows xp SP3, on a usb, not a cd. im on a macbook air and can't use CDs.
 
Missing hal.dll isn't missing=Windows problem

MagicBoy said:
Noooo. 99 times out of 100 the missing hal.dll error is not just a corrupted file, there's something fundamentally broken in Windows XP or the boot order settings.
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I vaguely remember having to rebuild bootcfg or some such when I got the hal error running Windows on a Dell desktop many, many years ago. Hal.dll wasn't missing at all. I remember grumbling about incomprehensible error messages back then. It got worse, so I got a Mac...
 
Dnix said:
I know you said you don't want 7, but seriously...XP isn't even supported by MS anymore (I don't think).

You're just asking to be attacked, lol.
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They still support it, but not really by choice. Tens of millions of people voting with their wallets basically did what no court could do: got M$ to toe the line. Since Vista = train wreck (can't even get it to recognize some flash drives that aren't on its HCL!) and Win 7 is hardly spotless, plus is still more resource-demanding than XP. . . In this economy, that adds up to lots of big corps keeping what they had and sticking it in M$'s face.

Also, a good lightweight AV/ASW does wonders for attack vector closing. I use Avast free vers. (w/the occasional Spybot S&D update) and have zero issues.

XP works fine, imo. Maybe M$'s last great OS unless they get themselves straightened out.
 
DaMob said:
Hi all

I've done a clean install of Lion and now I want to install Windows XP, but it only supports Windows 7?

As I do not want to buy 7 and want to use XP, is there a way around it? Besides going back to Snow Leopard.

Thanks!
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A downfall from upgrading?
 
working win XP Pro SP2 on OS X 10.7.2 (Lion) iMAC 2011

uognarf said:
I managed to get dual boot XP and Lion working.

I posted my solution here
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Just wanted to say I stumbled on almost the same solution as above for the same xp-for-wife's imac situation.
My Boot Camp assistant (v.4) doesn't allow the creation of partition, instead use the Disk Utility to create the partition.
Find a SL disk. I unfortunately didn't have one at the time and manually found my drivers (a pain).
 
Ok so this is my problem. I have a MBP 15" i7. My mac came with Lion already.
I partitioned the disk and installed XP with no problems. After that I had the Snow Leopard upgrade cd so I installed boot camp from the upgrade CD. The problem is that my hardware is not recognized with this cd even though bootcamp did install. I can't seem to connect to the internet either to find individual drivers. Anyone know where I can find the right drivers for it?
I also tried to use the drivers from the CD for my computer which has bootcamp 4.0 I believe but it says I must have Windows 7 installed.

Please help.
 
Help please.

uognarf said:
I managed to get dual boot XP and Lion working.

I posted my solution here
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i followed the instructions and installed winXP without problems, until i put the snow leopard disc that came with my old macbook pro to install the drivers. it didn't install everything. for some reason i can't get the WIFI to work, including the audio. did it over and over, but still no success. please help. anyone?
 
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Help please!

What exact Snow Leopard OS 10.6 Grey Install CD version do I need? to put all the drivers needed to make my wifi and audio work on winxp? I have the 10.6.3 version but it won't install the Wifi drivers and audio. Help please.
 
Partial Solution Only

uognarf said:
I managed to get dual boot XP and Lion working.

I posted my solution here
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Unfortunately your solution is only a partial one, as it does not put Windows under Bootcamp, which is essential if you also want to run your Windows as a virtual machine under OS X in VMware, for example.
 
Windows XP is still supported by MS

Dnix said:
I know you said you don't want 7, but seriously...XP isn't even supported by MS anymore (I don't think).

You're just asking to be attacked, lol.
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The above is not true — I can report that as late as October 31, 2012, when I last booted into Win XP, it downloaded the latest security updates like it always did every week or so for years and years. There's still a small team of MS support for legacy software! :p

But I'm now also seeking a solution to same topic question — I've re-installed Lion in a replacement internal drive and seeking a way to re-install Win XP via Boot Camp. Lion doesn't even let me create a partition without a Win 7 install disc. :mad:
 
DerfBWH said:
Simply partition the disk as you'd like with the Boot Camp Utility, and then skip the rest of the boot camp Windows. Put in your Windows XP Install CD. Reboot the computer, holding down option to access the boot menu. Boot into the Windows XP Install CD. Install like normal. When finished, you will have a fully working Windows XP install with no drivers.

Put in your Snow Leopard DVD and use the drivers that came bundled with that. Voila.

Hope this helps!
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Installed XP over OS-X 10.7 using this approach. I would add that I had to start a Windows 7 install so that Boot Camp would actually partition the disk. Then I interrupted Boot Camp, restarted using the Option Key and selected my Windows XP install disk. For some reason I add to repeat the "Option Boot sequence" twice before my XP installation began.
 
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