Is Boot Camp 4.0 (OSX Lion) compatible with a 2006 iMac?

Just made a clean install of OSX Lion and am trying to install Windows XP using Boot Camp. When I try to download Windows Support Software I get, "Can't install Windows Support Software because it is not currently available from the Software Update".
Is Boot Camp 4.0 not compatible with my 2006 (White) iMac? If not, can I install an older version of Boot Camp, is there another workaround or do I have to return to Snow Leopard?

Lion's Boot Camp Assistant will download Boot Camp 4, which does not support Windows XP.
Assuming your Mac came with Leopard, you will instead use the Boot Camp drivers from the disk that came with your Mac.  Partition your disk using the Boot Camp Assistant or whatever partitioning utility you want.  Insert the Windows disk and reboot while holding down the Option key, then select the Windows disk.  Install Windows XP as normal.  When Windows install is finished, insert the OSX disk that came with your Mac and install the Boot Camp drivers.

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