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After instructions were posted on how to install Windows XP on an Intel Mac loads of questions were asked about the finer parts of the process. So we decided to to a quick walkthrough video of the entire installation process from start to finish to assist our readers. The video is using the method on onmac.net (which we were a title donator), as well as mirrored here. Developments are always happening by the minute so bookmark http://features.uneasysilence.com/mactel/ to stay up to the minute about new changes and procedures regarding WindowsXP on an Macintosh.
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TOOLS:
- An original XP PRO SP2 CDROM (It doesn't have to be bootable, but it should have a i386 directory in the root.)
- The Hack
- A PC with XP already installed
- Nero Burning ROM
- A blank CD (Preferrably a CD-RW, just in case it doesn't work first time)
- 20–30 minutes
METHOD:
ON THE PC:
-Expand the 'Hack' That you prevously downloaded to the C: level of your hard drive
-Insert your WindowsXP SP2 CD
-Navigate to your CD Drive (Usually "D"), and select all the files (Ctrl-A), Copy the files (Ctrl-C), Navigate to C:\xp\src and Paste the files (Ctrl-V) into that directory
-Navigate back to c:/xp and open "the sp2.nrb" - This will open NERO
-On Nero, on the right hand pane, navigate to c:\xp\src
-Select all the files on the rightmost pane (Tab, Ctrl-A), Copy (Ctrl-C)
-On the left hand pane, click on the CD (it says "XP_PRO_SP2"), Paste (Ctrl-V)
- ***Make sure the I386 directory is DIRECTLY underneath the CD icon.
-Overlay the XOM files to the project by navigation to c:\xp\patch
-Select all the files on the rightmost pane (Tab, Ctrl-A), Copy (Ctrl-C)
-On the left hand pane, click on the CD (it says "XP_PRO_SP2"), Paste (Ctrl-V)
- At the alert: Click on "Replace All"
-Burn the CD
NOW FOR THE MAC:
-Boot the Macmini using your original Mac restore DVD's:
-Once the machine is booted, from the 'Utilities' menu, select disk utility.
-Click on the partition button, and select the profile "2 Partitions"
under the profiles dropdown menu.
-Create two partitions, preferably of equal size:
On Partition 1 call it xp. For the filetype use MS-DOS
On Partition 2 call it osx. For the filetype Mac OS extended Journal
-Click on the Partition button at the bottom right.
-At the warning hit "Partition" on the pop-up warning dialog.
-You know all is well when under the disk entry on the left there are
two subentries: "XP" and "osx"
-Quit the disk utility by clicking on the Red button at the dialog top
left.
-Once back in the standard MacOS installer install OSX on the newly
created OS X partition.
-Once the computer reboots, wait for the movie to end and get through
the registration process.
-Once the computer is rebooted, copy the "Hack.zip" to the desktop
-Expand it
-Copy the xom.efi into your home directory (Apple-Shift-H)
-After the copy, open the Terminal (Which is in Utilities -> Terminal)
- In the terminal type:
sudo cp xom.efi /System/Library/CoreServices <-- you will have to enter
your password here
then
cd /System/Library/CoreServices
then
sudo bless --folder . --file xom.efi --setBoot
-Insert the 'Special' XP CD you built into the Mac and reboot.
-Restart
-After rebooting, you should see a crystal Apple logo at the center of
the screen. Use the arrow keys (up/down) to switch between OS X and
Windows. Make sure the 'Special' Windows XP CD is inside, select Windows
***ONLY FOR MAC MINI***
-Press F4 (you will see a 'debug mode' message)
-Press F7 (you will be prompted for some parameters)
Press Enter
X Resolution = 1280
Press Enter
Y Resolution = 1024
-Hit enter for all the other prompts
At the last prompt, if you see the 0: Boot Mac OS X prompt, press the
Down arrow to change to 1: Boot Windows XP
- Now you have begun the XP setup. For about 2 and a half minutes there
will be NO FEEDBACK WHATSOEVER.
- After about 3 minutes (5 mins total), you will get the partition disk screen.
- Select the XP partition. This partition should read:
-If the partition list does not show as written above, but contains
"unpartioned spaces", you should select the upper "unpartioned space"
and partition it with the Windows Installer by pressing C (partition
ist, but do not erase it!). After that, the list will show the three
Volumes E: C: and F as it should.
- The install prompts you for the format type to use: NTFS/FAT
Quick/Slow (If the partition is too large (more than 32 Gb), only the
NTFS Quick/Slow options will be shown.)
-Choose your partition type
-Before continuing the installation you then should press F3 to abort the installation and restart your mac. The patched Installer now can startup with the correct partition scheme. It will take about 3 minutes again. But then you can go ahead and install
XP on partition number 2.
-The system will reboot
-After rebooting, do the following:
-Press F2 to disable CD booting (there's no feedback, but you can
press F2 many times, it doesn't hurt).
-Choose XP by using the down arrow if asked (NOTE: This time the wait
is not that long... just sit tight and wait for about 30 secs.)
-The second phase of the XP installer starts. Complete it. After
finishing this phase, the installer seems to hang. Simply wait enough to
be sure the system is frozen and cycle power. To do this, just keep the
power button depressed for about 5 seconds.
Of note: In case during the boot you get a debugger telling that an int
13 has been caught, just hit the key 'g' and enter twice (g, enter, g,
enter)and you should boot. (happened to me once).
Once rebooted, if you select windows - Windows XP should start normally.
Install drivers.
