XP partition does not show in startup manager

When I boot into the startup manager (hold down alt-key during boot) the XP partition does not show as boot drive. I can boot into XP only through the startup-drive preference pane. This problem is still present after the update to 10.5.2. Any solution besides reformating the drive? Thanks!

Hi Gulliver,
have a look at rEFIt http://refit.sourceforge.net/ as a Boot-Manager alternative.
BTW: 'Small in a big world or Big in a small world' ?
Stefan

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