It thinks it is now installing, to the SATA disk, on the modern hardware, from the slipstreamed SP3 CD I just made.

I wonder if this is actually going to work? Should know soon-ish.. unless XP is one of the reboot-hell versions (I don't think so, but my memory isn't reliable on such things).

EDIT: One reboot so far, from the initial installer to the main installer. I've only had to hit the enter key once, to select the installation target drive, at the beginning.

Say.. I should have stuck in my Z-Drive (multi-100's of GB of SSD goodness) as the install target, just for fun.. oh well.

Cheers