Boot Camp "nonstandard"

From	Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Boot Camp "nonstandard"
Date	2013-10-26 11:18 -0400
Organization	Ain’t No Organization Here!
Message-ID	<l4gmfh$dbh$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Trying to give a 2006 Macbook (MB) to someone who prefers Mac but has 
been stuck with Windows XP for a long time.

So I want to set Bootcamp (BS) and install Windows XP Pro with her 
product key.

Advice at any step of the process would be welcome....

Made a 10.7 install stick (this MB can't do 10.8).

Made a data partition, an HFS+ journaled partition named MacOS, and a 
FAT32 partition named WINDOWS, all the same size in an external drive.

Took my drive out of the MB and put in the one just made.

Installed 10.7 from the stick onto the MacOS partition, which carved a 
small space off the WINDOWS partition for the Recovery partition.

Did all available updates (firmware already latest).

Looked up the Bootcamp info and put the manual in iBooks on my iPad.

Says that WinXP requires bootcamp 3.  Doesn't say "(or later)."  Will it 
work with BC 4?  Documents make it sound like the assistant is going to 
give me BC 4.

Documents also assume I plan to do Windows 7.  Are there things in the 
BC Guide that will have to be done differently?

Apple web page says that I will need XP drivers from the installation 
DVD that came with the computer.  I have no idea where that is.  Any 
other place to find a copy (with minimal risk of malware)?

Decided to go ahead and set up the Windows partition with the BC 
assistant.  Assistant said "startup partition has to be HFS extended" !

I don't want to use the startup partition, so I reformatted the Windows 
partition with Disk Utility (DU), then tried to "restore" the MacOS 
partition into it.  "Can't use startup as Source.  Try doing it from 
recovery HD."  Well, the Recovery DU said the partition was too small!

It's a 130 K smaller than the MacOS which has more than seven GB free ! 
Does a DU restore use block copy?

So I tried to install MacOS on that partition.  Did the full download 
and reboot, and went through the install.  When the progress bar got all 
the way to the end, it said "Can't install.  The disk is damaged."

Have an install from the USB running now; fingers crossed that the 
messge is wrong.  (No errors from the formatting earlier)

VirtualBox (VB) is already installed, but since I have had Solaris and 
RedHat installs fail on VB, I don't want her to be dependent on it.

-- 
Wes Groleau

   Nutrition for Blokes: Re-engineering your diet for life
   http://www.phlaunt.com/quentin

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Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 11:18 -0400
  Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 11:54 -0400
    Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 12:11 -0400
      Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 12:22 -0400
    Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-26 16:12 +0000
      Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 12:27 -0400
        Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 12:49 +1300
    Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-26 11:02 -0700
      Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 19:01 -0400
  Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 12:15 -0400
  Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 14:28 -0400
    Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" claudel@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) - 2013-10-26 18:46 +0000
      Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-26 12:05 -0700
        Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 15:49 -0400
          Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 19:58 -0400
            Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 20:38 -0400
              Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 21:05 -0400
                Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-27 00:02 -0400
              Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-26 23:03 -0400
                Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-26 22:09 -0500
                Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-26 23:13 -0400
                Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-27 07:25 -0500
            Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 13:55 +1300
              Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 21:08 -0400
                Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 14:31 +1300
                Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 18:09 +1300
              Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 14:34 +1300
                Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 18:13 +1300
    And they say APPLE was fading (was: Boot Camp "nonstandard") Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 16:07 -0400
      Re: And they say APPLE was fading (was: Boot Camp "nonstandard") Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-26 21:14 +0000
        Re: And they say APPLE was fading (was: Boot Camp "nonstandard") nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-26 20:21 -0400
        Re: And they say APPLE was fading Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 20:40 -0400
          Re: And they say APPLE was fading Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 13:02 -0700
      Re: And they say APPLE was fading Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 20:02 -0400
        Re: And they say APPLE was fading Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 20:49 -0400
        Re: And they say APPLE was fading jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 13:55 +1300
  Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 09:26 +1300

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