Bootcamp on an already partitioned drive

New MacBook at work with OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on it. However, due to compatibility issues with some software, the machine will probably need to run OS X 10.4 instead. While I have the thing, figured I'd also install Windows XP on it so I could experiment with my Windows deployment guide.

So the first thing I did was boot from the OS X install disc and used Disk Utility to make 3 partitions - OS X 10,5 OS X 10.4 and one for Windows. After spending a few hours reinstalling 10.5 and then downloading and installing the 600MB+ of updates, I fired up Boot Camp Assistant and then got the kick in the nuts. It will only work on an unpartitioned drive - aaaarggh! It appears I'm not the only one to run into this as Google has showed.

If you just need the Mac drivers out of Boot Camp, you can get them with:

CTRL+Click on the Boot Camp Assistant and choose Show Package Contents. Now navigate to Contents -> Resources and you’ll find a DiskImage.dmg.

Ooops...maybe not! It appears they are no longer there in Leopard. To get the drivers, just insert the first OS X disc while running Windows - setup.exe is what you want to run.

Other useful posts:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2124365#2124365
http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp
http://www.zimbio.com/Mac+OS+X/articles/163/How+ensure+Mac+Book+Pro+hard+drive+upgrade

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