Installation stick does not boot

How did you configure Ventoy before creating the two sticks – or, if you used the command-line – what was the exact command used to create the Ventoy USB?


This may suggest the file system is not recognised.

Did you configure Ventoy to use exfat (a good choice) for the storage partition? If so, is the exfat-utils package installed?

sudo pacman -S exfat-utils

Assuming the exfat-utils package is installed, the file system is exfat, and both the partition node/number and mount point are correct, try:

sudo mount -t exfat /dev/sda1 /run/media/usb

On the chance that you inadvertantly borked both USB sticks – perhaps by removing them too soon (example) from the USB port, you can check them for consistency;

sudo fsck.exfat /dev/sda1

Important: The file system must not be mounted prior to using fsck.


To address this…

The output you pasted shows that you are trying to boot an ISO from a network location, which you are not, so it’s telling you the attempt failed. This error would be expected.

You likely need to select the USB manually via F8 or whichever key on your mainboard is required to enter the boot selection menu (not the GRUB menu).

Either that, or temporarily promote the boot order of the USB to before the PXE boot – there will likely be a setting for that in the BIOS.


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