Apple Boot Camp (Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard) - Manual (Page 21)

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Troubleshooting
If you’re having trouble partitioning a disk, using Boot Camp Assistant, or installing or
running Windows on your Mac, check this section for possible solutions.
For more troubleshooting information
Go to www.apple.com/support/bootcamp.
If Boot Camp Assistant won’t open because you haven’t updated your firmware or
system software
Boot Camp requires that you have Mac OS X v10.5 or later, and the latest firmware,
installed on your computer. Some computers may require more than one firmware
update.
To update your computer’s system software:
1 From the Apple menu, choose Software Update.
2 If an update for Mac OS X appears in the list, select it.
3 Click Install.
To update your computer’s firmware:
1 Go to www.apple.com/support/downloads.
2 Search for the firmware updates for your computer.
For example, search for “Mac mini firmware update.”
Important: Some computers may require more than one firmware update. See
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303880 for the current updates available for
your computer.
3 Download all applicable firmware update packages.
4 Open each package and follow the onscreen instructions.
If you can’t partition your disk
In order to partition your disk and install Windows using Boot Camp Assistant, the disk
must be a single partition, formatted as a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) volume. If
you have already partitioned your disk using Disk Utility or some other utility, you
cannot use Boot Camp Assistant until you restore your disk to a single-partition
Mac OS X volume.
Boot Camp Assistant works only with internal disks. You cannot use Boot Camp
Assistant to partition and install Windows on an external disk.