OSX and Bootcamp question

[acosmichippo]

bootcamp comes with a guide that has all the info you'd ever need. It will ask you if you want to print it out.

and the guide you posted is probably for the Beta version of bootcamp. You don't have to burn a Drivers disc now; you just use OSX Disc 1.

[depthnerd]

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

bootcamp comes with a guide that has all the info you'd ever need.

They don't mention the FAT32 formatting - which is dire.

[acosmichippo]

yes they do.

[depthnerd]

Wait - what the hell am I talking about? Where do you see a part where Boot Camp mentions anything?

[acosmichippo]

maybe they updated it since you last looked at it...

[depthnerd]

I've never seen that in my life....ever.

[acosmichippo]

obviously

[Hondamaker]

Just did it! Windows XP on my mac. Just for shits and giggles, not for any real reason, except maybe to play BF2142 on the mac.

[SpongebObiWan]

I have a question. I am about to receive my very first Apple computer ever: an iMac 24", 3.06 GHz, 4GB RAM, 1TB Hard drive, etc. I also purchased Parallels and a new copy of WindowsXP. Obviously, I want to set up a partition for my Windows to run some programs on. And I see that if I want to be able to write files from my OS X to the Windows partition, I need to select FAT32. What caught my eye is the 32GB partition limitation size. I was considering creating a partition on the order of 150 to 200 GB as I have a lot of Windows programs I will be bringing over.

Am I truly limited to a 32GB partition for all my Windows software and programs, if I want to create a FAT32 partition? This does not seem nearly enough for my needs. Are there no workarounds for this? Any help?

[acosmichippo]

are you only going to be using parallels?

if so, you have much more versatility, because a separate partition is not needed.

sounds like a sweet machine, btw.