You wipe the disk clean going in, create two partition tables, one overlaying the other, and alter your legitimate copy of Windows XP so that the Mac can see it and boot it from its Extensible Firmware Interface. I will, however, explain why this isn't something for non-gearheads to get excited about just yet: I can't lay out the details any better than the site does, so I won't try. Variations in the procedures and outcomes highlight the fact that Intel-based Macs are not identical. ![]() ![]() The home site for the dual-boot hack is very detailed, with lists of tested applications, downloadable drivers and procedures for working the hack from a requisite second machine running Windows, OS X or Linux/BSD. It isn't hard to do the most involved part is burning the bootable install media. It is official: There is a community-developed and tested, unsupported hack that sets up an Intel-based Mac to dual-boot between OS X and 32-bit Windows XP SP2 and, it's presumed, Windows 2003 Server as well.
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