Boot camp cannot detect windows installer disk.

Hi. I wanted to install windows xp on my macbook using bootcamp. After i made a partition with boot camp assistant 3.0, i insert my windows xp disk with service pack 2 in it, and click start installation. However, boot camp could not detect the installer disk, even though it did appear in finder.
Please help.
Thanks.

Well, when i restarted my mac, and hold down the option key, there is only 1 choice for me to choose, which is Macintosh HD. There is no other option. However, the installer disk did appear in my finder. So I am not sure whats happening...

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