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garyi · Apr 6, 2006, 12:09 PM

I guess like a lot of you are, I am tempted to purchase XP so I can play games!

I find on ebay sealed XP home addition software but its not service pack 2. I do not know anything about PCs but found out that you can download service pack two.

So is it possible with bootcamp to install XP home, then update to service pack 2 before putting on the bootcamp stuff?

Or do we have to purchase XP home service pack two as one product?

Tomchu · Apr 6, 2006, 12:13 PM

Nope, you'd be fine. You can purchase that copy on eBay, download SP2 (it's free), and then "slipstream" SP2 into the XP installation files. At the end, you'll have a new CD with SP2 integrated.

The slipstreaming process is usually something that Windows admins would do, so it will seem a bit daunting at first. I'll help you out if you have trouble. You *do* need a PC to do this, by the way, so go over to a friend's house if you're a Mac-only guy. ;-)

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp

garyi · Apr 6, 2006, 12:50 PM

Thanks Tom thats great.

I have access to my dads PC, however they are on dial up (yup people still are)

So presumably I could download SP2 from my mac put it on a disk and do the slipstream on my dads PC ok?

Thanks for your help.

garyi · Apr 6, 2006, 12:54 PM

Ok I have answered my own question, I went to softwarepatch.com to get service pack 2, I hope it don't turn out to be a virus.

God I hate PCs, why am I doing this??

mduell · Apr 6, 2006, 01:03 PM

Since Boot Camp is already doing slipstream (and making you burn another disk) to get the drivers in, it's unfortunate you can't slipstream SP2 at the same time. Maybe Apple will improve it in the next revision.

Tomchu · Apr 6, 2006, 01:30 PM

Slipstreaming is pretty complex as far as the actual file manipulations go -- SP2's setup.exe handles that. Unless Apple writes their own setup.exe slipstreamer replacement, there really is no other way. :-(

msuper69 · Apr 6, 2006, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by garyi

Ok I have answered my own question, I went to softwarepatch.com to get service pack 2, I hope it don't turn out to be a virus.

God I hate PCs, why am I doing this??

I don't know. Why not just get SP2 from Microsoft?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

TomR · Apr 6, 2006, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by garyi

God I hate PCs, why am I doing this??

That's a VERY good question.

Makes no sense to me personally. Windows on a Mac????

As the kids say.....Meh!

Tom

icruise · Apr 6, 2006, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

Since Boot Camp is already doing slipstream (and making you burn another disk) to get the drivers in, it's unfortunate you can't slipstream SP2 at the same time. Maybe Apple will improve it in the next revision.

Boot Camp does no slipstreaming of any kind. It installs using the standard XP installation CD. The CD it burns contains only the drivers for the Mac hardware, totalling about 80MB. The drivers CD is not used in the install at all -- it just contains a program that installs the drivers, and you use it after you have installed XP normally and booted to the Windows desktop.

Drakino · Apr 7, 2006, 02:15 AM

Grab NLite from http://www.nliteos.com/

It's a utility that runs on Windows that when provided a Windows CD and SP2, will make an ISO file for you of a slipstreamed Windows SP2 disc. Real handy to have, to avoid the manual slipstream process.

mduell · Apr 7, 2006, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Icruise

Boot Camp does no slipstreaming of any kind. It installs using the standard XP installation CD. The CD it burns contains only the drivers for the Mac hardware, totalling about 80MB. The drivers CD is not used in the install at all -- it just contains a program that installs the drivers, and you use it after you have installed XP normally and booted to the Windows desktop.

Oh. After reading the BootCamp page I was under the impression it was more slick and automated than that.

icruise · Apr 7, 2006, 04:29 PM

Well, actually I think being able to install using the standard CD is "slicker" than having to create a custom slipstreamed CD, but I'll admit that the driver installation process is a little low tech.

garyi · Apr 7, 2006, 05:03 PM

Thanks Drakino that seems the business.

krove · Apr 7, 2006, 05:03 PM

Hmm...I only have a Windows XP SP1 CD, and no ready access to a PC. Does anyone know of a solution to slipstream it?

SMacTech · Apr 7, 2006, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by krove

Hmm...I only have a Windows XP SP1 CD, and no ready access to a PC. Does anyone know of a solution to slipstream it?

I installed XP Pro SP1 on my iiMac. Had some problems with some of the drivers installing and I had to pull them out of the BootCamp folder during the install, after it expanded them.

lgtmvt · Apr 8, 2006, 01:32 PM

This utility works like a charm. Me and my friend had no problem slipstreaming and then burning a bootable Windows XP sp2 CD on an 8 year old PC running Windows 2000. It installed on my Macbook no problem. I highly recomend that you "Grab NLite from http://www.nliteos.com/"