Boot ISO from USB-stick!

Hi,
I have found a very nice utility that allows you to put an ISO on an USB-stick and boot from it like it's a real CD/DVD player:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/

This program is great and actually just saved a brand spankin new MSI GX660 from certain death,  I had it packed and ready to ship back to newegg hours after I got it because recovery would not work.  But a fresh win 7 iso image and a 4gig flash drive and unetbootin saved my laptop and weeks of certain stress.
All I wanted was my GX660 to run out of the box and unetbootin assisted in the processs immensely!

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    The "Main Page" ( https://www.archlinux.org/ ) states:
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    The "Installation Guide" ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide ) says nothing about either Archboot or Archiso.
    The "Beginners Guide" ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide ) says nothing about either Archboot or Archiso.
    The "Archboot" page ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archboot ) is consistent with the above information, because it states:
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