boot camp in 10.5 on intel xserve

Hex Star hexstar at gmail.com
Fri Nov 2 20:52:38 PDT 2007


On 11/2/07, Jason Joines <joines at okstate.edu> wrote:
> Support,
>
>     I installed os x server 10.5 on an intel xserve.  Then I tried to
> run boot camp.  When launched Boot Camp Assistant reports "Boot Camp
> Assistant cannot be used.  You must update your computer's Boot ROM
> firmware before using this setup assistant."  I ran Server Updates and
> installed the latest firmware.  The update was successful as no more
> updates are listed as available.  However, I still get the exact same
> results when I try to run Boot Camp Assistant.  Any suggestions?

There is no Boot Camp supported ROM released for the xserve because it
is a server and is not supposed to be running anything but Mac OS X,
this is also why PC operating systems such as linux live cds will not
boot on them as only boot camp compatible roms contain the pc bios
emulation code necessary to do so


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