"Select CD-ROM Boot Type :" prompt while trying to boot from Vista x64 DVD burnt from .iso file


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UPDATE Jan. 23rd, 2009: IMPORTANT 64bit Win7 info in bold inline. Thanks to all who emailed!
UPDATE Mar. 23rd, 2009: This issue doesn't seem to effect the newer Unibody Macbooks.
 

If you take a look over at this post, you can see more details. I was in the Vista SP1 tech beta and downloaded the .iso files that had Vista SP1 slipstreamed into the DVD image, for clean installation. I have a Macbook Pro, and wanted to try out installation of Vista x64 sans bootcamp(which I had done just fine before as the Intel based mac's nowadays include the BIOS compatibility layer in their EFI implementation), but I ran into the issue described in that post above. The last post, from "Jugi"(as of this writing) mentioned:More...

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