Grub doesn't load, goes straight to Vista

I am not new to Arch but have never dual-booted Windows and Linux before. I shrunk Vista to 30 GB (not without hassle, mind you, and many many defrags) and set up Arch on other partitions. This (according to cfdisk) is my current setup:
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
Unusable 1.05*
sda1 Boot Primary Unknown (27) 6594.50*
sda2 Primary NTFS [^C] 31471.95*
sda3 Primary Linux ext3 101442.38*
sda5 Logical Linux swap / Solaris 2048.10*
Logical Free Space 18481.31*
I don't know exactly what /dev/sda1 IS, but I think it's something Windows is using. And I don't know why I have 1.5 MB of free space at the start of the drive... I just ignored it. Regardless, I installed Grub onto /dev/sda3. Rebooting takes me straight to Vista with no Grub at all. That's why I thought I had erred. If so, where should I install Grub, and how can I erase it from the MBR of /dev/sda3 properly?
>.< Darn dual-booting.
Last edited by violagirl23 (2008-05-30 23:33:14)

Wow that ftp install CD chroot was sure buggy for me. First df didn't work, then everything became read-only, and then it wouldn't let me unmount my hard drive, even though I made sure I wasn't using it. @_@ Regardless, grub seems to have installed correctly. It lets me go into both Arch and Vista without problem. Then, is there an easy way to erase the grub I'm presuming I also accidentally installed on /dev/sda3? XD
(Sorry for the stupid question, I've honestly never dual-booted before. My PC downstairs is pure Gentoo and nothing else).
Last edited by violagirl23 (2008-05-31 01:05:07)

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