I like to never figured this out! Assuming you succeeded in making the stick
bootable, this works with my asus eeepc.As soon as I hit the power button I
start tapping F2 to bring up the BIOS. ( I had already been to BIOS and told it
to boot from the USB first but it still ignores it.) Once the BIOS page comes up
I just hit F10 to save it even though at this time I have made no changes.Then
hit the Enter key and start tapping the Escape key until a page loads that lets
me select the USB to boot.
So, in short, Power, then start tapping F2. When the BIOS page loads, just save
and exit and start tapping the Escape key. That takes me to a page where I can
boot from either the USB or the hard drive.