How to boot up MBP when connected to Cinema 30"

Question

I plug up the MPB (usb, firewire, cat5, power, speakers, and two connectors for the mini plug to the DVI connector.
Then press the power on.
Then what?
Is there some secret to closing the lid at the right time, to make the cinema connect and the MDP monitor to shut off. I only want the cinema display. If I close the MPB lid both monitors go black. after rebooting a dozen times, my workaround is to not fully close the MPB lid (it goes dark) and the cinema display is working ok.
[This MBP connects differently than my previous MBP model that had the standard DVI connector. for the older MBP I would just close the lid during bootup, and that made it switch to the cinema. but that motherboard burned up and is in the shop]

Answer 1

Thanks Malcolm...that article describes how it USED to connect to the cinema display. But there's something more to the story now.
when I closed the lid during bootup when the desktop starts to display on the laptop, it never does pass the signal over to the cinema (even after clicking the usb keyboard or rolling the usb mouse.
the last combination that finally worked: let it boot up, get vista on both screens, configure the cinema as primary, remove the laptop (not extended), then only partially close the lid leaving it open about half an inch. When I have another hour to burn, I'll try closing the lid again. I went through 20 different combinations and already blew the night on this.
the new variables in my setup that seem to be causing this...using bootcamp now instead of vmware, using the miniport and dual connector out to the cinema.