Mac OS X 10.6.8 disc needed for bootcamp?

I am currently running OS X10.6.8 and would like to install windows XP via boot camp.  The installation instructions require the Mac OS X installation disc.  I only have the disc from Mac OS X 10.4.8.  Will this suffice or will I need the more recent install disc?

What happens when you highlight or select text and control + click on the same?
You should be able to copy to clipboard; search and look up phrase in Google, Bing, Wikipedia.
I like Wikipedia to get ideas on things
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox
But there is little need to actually ask, we all learned to use a dictionary growing up to look up words in books we needed to understand,, and encyclopedia for more in-depth.
Answering just enables this, why do any research when I can just get others to do so.
If you want to know what a virtual machine is and how a VM works as a guest OS under OS X, fine.
Of course download the softwae, read the pdf guide, follow the instructions.
You can find write ups on how to use VirtualBox (to install Windows 7 or 8) on a Mac, even.
Probably even pull up a youtube video.
10.6 is only needed for Windows 7 support.
10.6.6+ was suppose to allow download of Boot Camp support software too (test phase for Lion) but DL Boot Camp Drivers 600MB is often hours long slow,, broken, poorly implemented and a true PITA to use - should take 8 minutes and be done.
XP is fraught iwth EOL security issues, and no more patches for all the bugs and issues that exist hence a poor product choice, and will not support Macs built in the last two years.

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