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How can hit the F8 key to agree to EULA to install XP

I have a MAC OS 10.4 that I want to set up a virtual machine of XP Pro.  I downloaded and installed Virtualbox for MAC.  I configured Virtualbox, I go to install XP from the install disc and everything goes perfectly.  Until I have to hit the F8 key to agree to the EULA, I cannot find any key combination that will work.  I have one of the new polished steel and white key Apple keyboards.  What key/s do I hit to agree to the EULA.
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Not sure if Virtual box has this feature or not, but some of the other ones in the menu bar at the top of the screen has a menu item to send certain keys to the VM and one of those is F8.  Check there.
You can add OemSkipEula to the [Unattended] section of the answer file to make the installer skip that step.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457100(TechNet.10).aspx
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If you mean this keyboard:
http://www.apple.com/keyboard/

Then press the F8 key - for that matter, I can't recall an apple keyboard made in the last 10 years that didn't have a set of Function keys at the top.
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jhyiesla - Virtualbox does not have that option, only send Cntrl + Alt + Del.  
strung - Which key is the function key on a MAC keyboard?  I tried command + F8, Option/Alt + F8,  Control + F8 and Shift + F8 for no joy.
leew - That is not exactly the keyboard but close enough.  The problem is when I hit F8 on the keyboard it does not send the signal to the VM so the install will continue on from agreeing to the EULA.
jared luker -  I have never done an unettended install.  It is definitely a skill I would like to have but at the moment I don't have time to go through 78 (word doc) pages of instructions to figure out what I need and what I don't. Is there a Cliff Notes version you would recomend of how to do this with just an XP install CD?
On my MacBook Pro, there is a key at the bottom left of the keyboard marked "Fn".
On laptops there are, on most standard keyboards there is not.
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Thanks strung and jhyiesla, I just didn't see it in the middle. I am use to seeing it on the lower left on laptops.  Thanks jared luker, that website is just what the doctor ordered for alot of my other issues.
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yes on the iMac keyboard you will find the ( fn ) key over ( delete ) key

so click on ( fn ) + F8 Key :-)