I've installed Linux via USB thumb drive probably 100 times. #Windows 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.
#WoeUSB purportedly works around this. But it's no longer available in the Fedora repos.
#Ventoy has worked for me in the past, but not today.
Secure Boot is disabled. The Windows 11 .iso boots fine on KVM/QEMU.

