Vista Ultimate: 64-bit Installation Problem

Ok so I'm trying to install vista ultimate 64 bit, and when boot camp tells me to insert the disk, I did, then It restarted and when booting, it came to a black screen with white text saying:
1.
2.
*+Select cdrom boot type:+*
The problem here is that I can't type a darn thing! They keyboard doesn't do anything at all, and not even plugging in a usb keyboard worked.
For those who will ask, yes, I have a genuine copy of Vista Ultimate 64-bit which includes a 32 bit version, but I'd rather NOT use the 32 bit one, because hey, I've paid for the one with 64 for a reason.
Does anybody know what to do here? Is there a fix or am I screwed?

Microsoft, Apple and Intel belong to the EFI group. That isn't to say that they implement the same. Some Macs have EFI64 (2.x, UEFI), some have EFI32 (1.x).
http://www.intel.com/technology/efi/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ELILO*/
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/default.mspx
These are Macs that have gotten Apple's 'blessing'
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-467704.html
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2731677&SiteID=1

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