I've installed Linux via USB thumb drive probably 100 times. is a dumpster fire in comparison. Apparently the Win11 ISO is *literally* made to burn to DVD ROM. In 2025. It cannot be simply copied to a USB drive and booted.

purportedly works around this. But it's no longer available in the Fedora repos.

has worked for me in the past, but not today.
Secure Boot is disabled. The Windows 11 .iso boots fine on KVM/QEMU.

Picture of failed attempt to boot Windows 11 24H2 .iso from VentoyWindows 11 installation proceeding on Linux KVM. Screenshot of Virt Manager software on Fedora Linux.
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