Installing XP on mac mini without bootcamp

My apple mac mini was divided into three partitions (Macintosh, Vista and Linux) by my brother without using boot camp assistant (he used some other utility I think), and all these OSs work. Is it possible to install XP over the Vista partition, by inserting the XP CD and loading the XP setup from boot up and without using boot camp assistant?

*"Is it possible to install XP over the Vista partition, by inserting the XP CD and loading the XP setup from boot up and without using boot camp assistant?"*
Probably not. Try it and find out.

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