I discovered that as my mac has a built in CD drive bootcamp assistant does NOT give you the option to create a bootable USB drive. This is a pain - who wants to burn one-time DVDs for installation when we have USB drives kicking around.
After banging my head against the wall trying to dd a converted ISO I thought maybe it's possible to trick the bootcamp installer...
...and it is...
Here's a link which explains what you have to do. Either do it all using sudo and a text editor, or tweak permissions and use the editor that comes as part of Xcode. If you're on Mavericks you'll need to run code sign but all the instructions you need are in here.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5479879
Enjoy!
EDIT: It turns out that my mac can't boot from USB anyway... You need to use the DVD, after all that! There may be more hacking you can do, but for now, you can only use the USB key you made on a mac without a SuperDrive.
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