Burning a bootable XP DVD on a Mac?

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Burning a bootable XP DVD on a Mac?

Okay, so I managed to install an XP version with cs1 on my bootcamp partition, and then slipstream cs2 into xp in the windows partition. Then I brought it back into the Mac partition. So now I have the files ready to burn as well as the iso file from disk utility.

My question is: is there a way to create a bootable xp dvd including the new sp2 xp files?

Thanks!

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 17, 2009 8:44 AM

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osxdude

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Mar 17, 2009 8:20 PM in response to crispycreme

Hmm, I don't think it's legal, but if you make a bootable .iso with and make it the format so it's Windows-based, you could burn that to a DVD. Once again, legality is an issue. One approach is to make a legal (in this case!) copy of an SP2 disk then modify it then burn it.

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Fortuny

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Mar 17, 2009 9:34 PM in response to crispycreme

Hi crispycreme,

the only process I know of to incorporate a SP2 into an existing XP SP1 install CD/DVD is 'slipstreaming' as decribed here: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxpsp2slipstream.asp

But it has to be done in Windows.
Since you have a working XP SP2 installation on your Mac, you can use this procedure.

Regards

Stefan

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crispycreme Author

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Mar 17, 2009 9:54 PM in response to Fortuny

Great, thanks. Do you know of any Windows programs that might be able to make bootable discs besides the ones mentioned on the link you posted? The ones listed there are, to my knowledge, outdated and no longer available...

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Fortuny

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Mar 17, 2009 10:02 PM in response to crispycreme

crispycreme wrote:
Great, thanks. Do you know of any Windows programs that might be able to make bootable discs besides the ones mentioned on the link you posted? The ones listed there are, to my knowledge, outdated and no longer available...

DeepBurner has a beautiful free edition: http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

Should do the job 😉

Stefan

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The hatter

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Mar 18, 2009 5:27 AM in response to crispycreme

v.LIte ought to be in your arsenal and can slipstream drivers and custom config an installer.

http://www.vlite.net/index.html

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crispycreme Author

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Mar 19, 2009 8:46 AM in response to Fortuny

Great, thanks again. 🙂

Would you also know how I can test the disk to make sure it's actually bootable before actually trying to boot from it?

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Fortuny

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Mar 19, 2009 9:08 PM in response to crispycreme

crispycreme wrote:
Great, thanks again. 🙂

Would you also know how I can test the disk to make sure it's actually bootable before actually trying to boot from it?

I am not aware of a procedure to do this.

I have used a -RW disc for burning, so in case anything's wrong, I don't lose a disc.

It might be possible to use VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/ to test the burned disc.
If it works with VirtualBox it should should work with BootCamp as well.
But I haven't tried it, since my slipstreamed XP is rather old.

Stefan

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