Hal.dll: Windows could not start because the following file is missing...

Hi there...
did anyone of you guys manage to run WinXP on a Mac running Leopard (Boot camp 2.0)? I couldn't, trying to do whatever i could- repairing boot.ini according to Microsoft's support site, reinstalling Windows again and again, even copying Windows files from an existing Windows-running machine to the Boot camp partition, nothing helped...
Any suggestions what i should do?
thanx in advance

There is a longer thread developing here.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5860087
My last post had some good info, here is a repost:
Emerging Info! Apparently there are files in windows that disable the means which we are supposed to format the disk. Two of these file names found so far are UNATTEND.TXT and WINNT.SIF. Some computers may have one or the other files located in the \I386 directory of you XP cd. Apparently there is a way to fix the problem my recopying your XP disc to a new CD and deleting the file out. There are directions on one of the links which I am currently following but have not finished.
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/511003928831
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071028054744236

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