Wondering if possible to use Windows XP SP1 with Boot Camp

I just recently bought a mac a few days ago and i only have Windows XP SP1 cd. I was wondering if it was possible to run that instead of the Windows XP SP2 cd that it says in the requirements.

Not directly; you need to slipstream SP2 or use Parallels Desktop.
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