"XP on Apple Machine? Join The Boot Camp!"
Originally created on Thu, 040606
So, I read the instruction for installing Windows XP on this machine, it says that I have to have a bonafide installer CD which includes Service Pack 2. The thing is, I only have an old version of XP that doesn't have it. I usually just install the XP and download the SP 2 from Windows website. But apparently that is not allowed for Boot Camp installation (although some people on Apple Support forum did try to do that but with unconvincing result). So, what's the solution? Thank God it's not hard to find, I did a little research on the mentioned forum and there's this technique called "slipstreaming," combining the SP2 file into the same CD with the XP installer. I have to copy my XP CD into my hard drive first, then download the SP2 somewhere from Microsoft's website, then combine it together.
Sounds simple? The idea is, but the practice takes much more workaround that you might think. First, the (combined) CD has to be bootable (you can boot your computer from the CD ROM when it's inserted, exactly the same way the original CD works). And to do that, you have to have exact same copy (same image, same volume label) with the original CD. How to do that? First, you need to copy the ISO image of that CD and use that image to create the combined CD. There’s a program for that, called Isobuster. It's not a free program but you can have it on trial (or have it on demo with some limited capability, I’m not sure). Well, anyway, that works. I could combine the XP installer and SP2 and put it in the hard drive.
Now, burning it to the CD or DVD. I don't have any program that can create bootable CD. Well, I do have a sonic DVD creator but it is in a limited version. It doesn't let me do that. What now? I thought I had Roxio CD Creator but, since I was just moving, my stuff are still every where so, it's like finding a needle in a hay stack. Downloading it from the Internet? No link provided, you have to pay first before you get the link (what smart bastards!). Finally, I went with Nero Burner. I downloaded it, trying to install it several times but, it just ignored me (extracting the files into temporary folder, but then quiet). I tried over and over, trying to clear my temp and caches, restarted my computer several times, still no luck. Finally I got an idea, I just went look directly into the temp folder and there it was, the installer. I made it work, burned the CD, tried it and it works!
Next is doing the real work: installing XP using Boot Camp. It’s pretty straightforward, doing the partition (I chose FAT 30GB so I could access my XP volume from my Mac). The installation worked fine, the XP was installed and took me to the restart. Now it's time to install the drivers from Mac (oh by the way, I had to copy Mac drivers into a CD using Boot Camp so my XP could access all Mac peripherals later). Everything seemed to work, and I heard the XP shutting down sound when I rebooted. But then, when it restarted, it didn't get into XP, I had to press power button to restart manually and as XP usually behaves, it asks you to do the scan since you quite your previous session abnormally. I did it, and got into XP fine but, no sound! The sound didn't work! Gosh.. I was so frustrated cause I believe I had done everything exactly the way I was told.
I tried to reinstall the driver (called SigmaTel High Definition Audio WDM Driver) but it couldn't be find from the CD. I tried to find it online but SigmaTel doesn’t provide the driver as it is (only as part of hardware purchase). So, I thought I was out of luck, until I got the idea of trying to find it somewhere inside my XP. And here it was!! The driver is right there in the SigmaTel folder under Program Files! Sweet! I made it work! Well.. I did uninstall all the drivers before to check if something went wrong, but then it's a breeze to reinstall the drivers. Now everything works perfect. And let me tell you, its very breezy.. Very fast (even faster than XP running on Intel machine that is meant for XP).
Done? Not yet! I have a Mac track pad, no right click! Help! Did some research on the forum, and found what they called "applemou" or applemouse. Downloaded it, installed it, perfect! Ctrl + click gives you right click. Now, you have to restart the program every time you restart the computer, and it's kind of annoying. Workaround? Simple. Put the shortcut in the start up folder so it will start up automatically every time the XP starts. With a little fix, you can disable all the dialog box that appears on the applemouse start so, easy breezy perfect sweet! :P
Anyway, that left me with a question: what to install on XP and what to retain on Mac? Well, I think that's one question, one big question that every Mac user (and developer) is trying to cope with right now so, we'll see..
So, I read the instruction for installing Windows XP on this machine, it says that I have to have a bonafide installer CD which includes Service Pack 2. The thing is, I only have an old version of XP that doesn't have it. I usually just install the XP and download the SP 2 from Windows website. But apparently that is not allowed for Boot Camp installation (although some people on Apple Support forum did try to do that but with unconvincing result). So, what's the solution? Thank God it's not hard to find, I did a little research on the mentioned forum and there's this technique called "slipstreaming," combining the SP2 file into the same CD with the XP installer. I have to copy my XP CD into my hard drive first, then download the SP2 somewhere from Microsoft's website, then combine it together.
Sounds simple? The idea is, but the practice takes much more workaround that you might think. First, the (combined) CD has to be bootable (you can boot your computer from the CD ROM when it's inserted, exactly the same way the original CD works). And to do that, you have to have exact same copy (same image, same volume label) with the original CD. How to do that? First, you need to copy the ISO image of that CD and use that image to create the combined CD. There’s a program for that, called Isobuster. It's not a free program but you can have it on trial (or have it on demo with some limited capability, I’m not sure). Well, anyway, that works. I could combine the XP installer and SP2 and put it in the hard drive.
Now, burning it to the CD or DVD. I don't have any program that can create bootable CD. Well, I do have a sonic DVD creator but it is in a limited version. It doesn't let me do that. What now? I thought I had Roxio CD Creator but, since I was just moving, my stuff are still every where so, it's like finding a needle in a hay stack. Downloading it from the Internet? No link provided, you have to pay first before you get the link (what smart bastards!). Finally, I went with Nero Burner. I downloaded it, trying to install it several times but, it just ignored me (extracting the files into temporary folder, but then quiet). I tried over and over, trying to clear my temp and caches, restarted my computer several times, still no luck. Finally I got an idea, I just went look directly into the temp folder and there it was, the installer. I made it work, burned the CD, tried it and it works!
Next is doing the real work: installing XP using Boot Camp. It’s pretty straightforward, doing the partition (I chose FAT 30GB so I could access my XP volume from my Mac). The installation worked fine, the XP was installed and took me to the restart. Now it's time to install the drivers from Mac (oh by the way, I had to copy Mac drivers into a CD using Boot Camp so my XP could access all Mac peripherals later). Everything seemed to work, and I heard the XP shutting down sound when I rebooted. But then, when it restarted, it didn't get into XP, I had to press power button to restart manually and as XP usually behaves, it asks you to do the scan since you quite your previous session abnormally. I did it, and got into XP fine but, no sound! The sound didn't work! Gosh.. I was so frustrated cause I believe I had done everything exactly the way I was told.
I tried to reinstall the driver (called SigmaTel High Definition Audio WDM Driver) but it couldn't be find from the CD. I tried to find it online but SigmaTel doesn’t provide the driver as it is (only as part of hardware purchase). So, I thought I was out of luck, until I got the idea of trying to find it somewhere inside my XP. And here it was!! The driver is right there in the SigmaTel folder under Program Files! Sweet! I made it work! Well.. I did uninstall all the drivers before to check if something went wrong, but then it's a breeze to reinstall the drivers. Now everything works perfect. And let me tell you, its very breezy.. Very fast (even faster than XP running on Intel machine that is meant for XP).
Done? Not yet! I have a Mac track pad, no right click! Help! Did some research on the forum, and found what they called "applemou" or applemouse. Downloaded it, installed it, perfect! Ctrl + click gives you right click. Now, you have to restart the program every time you restart the computer, and it's kind of annoying. Workaround? Simple. Put the shortcut in the start up folder so it will start up automatically every time the XP starts. With a little fix, you can disable all the dialog box that appears on the applemouse start so, easy breezy perfect sweet! :P
Anyway, that left me with a question: what to install on XP and what to retain on Mac? Well, I think that's one question, one big question that every Mac user (and developer) is trying to cope with right now so, we'll see..
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