Triple Boot OS X 10.5, XP 32bit and XP 64bit

Hello
I have been searching high and low on information about triple booting my macbook pro with OS X, XP 32 and XP 64. Does anyone have some sort of advice about doing this? There are plenty of tutorials on doing it with XP and Vista...
- The XP 64bit is for CAD
- The 32bit is for running non 64bit compliant programs
thanks
John

Thanks xnav
i ended up following this guide to get XP Pro and Vista 32bit working (no linux).
http://www.fosk.it/quad-booting-a-macbook.html
so far it seems to work really well.
John

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