Oh awesome Robert ! I saw this KB entry but wasn't exactly sure what to try. I assumed it was a corrupt file system since I edited the ISO a bit differently than the tutorial suggested (by extracting then recreating the ISO, thought maybe some file was lost in the process). I don't remember going back and switching the CDROM and USB seek order after doing the edited install, I'll give that a try when I get home from work!

My BIOS allows my external HDD to emulate different modes, so I can set it to treat the HDD as a USB CDROM, or even a floppy drive. Anywho, thanks for your time Robert, I'll get to testing your suggestion in a bit.

Cya!