Using BootCamp on 2010 MacMini Server

Before the putdown for misusing a Server, please listen. I bought the server for it's hardware, not to use as a server.
I have posted the following on another thread I started in "Using Your Mac Mini" but get no response. I am hoping those better acquainted with the Server might know the answers I am after.
To Quote my own thread: "I would like to get input from people having ideas on using BootCamp Assistant on the 2010 Mini Server to install Windows-XP to the unused second harddisk. I copied BootCamp Assistant from my 2009 MacMini Client computer to the 2010 Server and it seems to be a free standing application. It did format disk 2 for Windows, but apparently Fat16 because the Windows installer wants to reformat to NTFS. Windows installer shows two disk0 to choose from, both showing as Master Boot Record. It doesn't show the 1st disk which has the Server Operating System installed on it. I don't understand why it is showing two disk0 when there is just one disk formatted for Windows showing in Disk Utility.
One of the shown disk0 is just one 500gig partition, and the other is showing a 200mb first partition followed by a second 500gig partition. both show as Master Boot Record.
Also when Bootcamp Assistant formated the 2nd harddisk did it install the necessary files into root to boot the Windows formatted harddisk?
Anybody have any ideas on that? "
Thanks.

You're centrally looking for Microsoft Windows help, and the Apple Server Forums probably aren't the best spot for that knowledge. Consider posting this in a Microsoft forum, and looking for help booting Windows XP on an EFI box.
To get a Boot Camp configuration available on your Mac Mini Server hardware, reformat the disk and load Mac OS X client on the box, or use a virtual machine to guest the Windows platform under Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server. That'll get you closer to where you want to go today.
It's been a while since I have last checked this (and I moved off of Windows some years ago), but Windows XP didn't know from EFI, and expected BIOS. And part of the Boot Camp stuff and what various VMs will get you is a BIOS-like layer.
Or you might try something of a more recent vintage, like Windows 7, which did reportedly have some support for EFI available.
But it'd be best to ask Microsoft about Microsoft. And see if XP can even do EFI. And I'd expect to see FAT32 (technically FAT28, last I checked) or NTFS for a 500 GB drive.

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