Quote Originally Posted by klaus2008
Another possibility, I think, might be the use of PLoP Bootmanager http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html which adds some USB booting capabilities to the system. You can try the CD version first and see wether your USB drive boots. The PLoP Bootmanager even enables the VMware Player 3 to boot from USB devices.
Thanks! I remember now that I'd seen this in these fora before, but it was only a "wasn't there something else?" when I was writing this. I'll take a look and see what seems best.