Mount Error with Manjaro GNOME ISO on Ventoy

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When trying to boot the Manjaro-GNOME-25.0.4-250623-linux612 ISO (with verified checksum) from a Ventoy USB drive, I encounter the following error:

mount: /run/miso/sfs/livefs: wrong fs type, bad option

Interestingly, this issue only occurs with this specific Manjaro GNOME version. Other ISOs, including:

  • Manjaro KDE
  • Fedora
  • EndeavourOS

work perfectly fine on the same Ventoy setup.

Since Ventoy handles other distributions without problems, I suspect there might be an issue with the Manjaro GNOME ISO. If anyone else has experienced this, please share your solution. Meanwhile, I recommend double-checking the ISO integrity or trying an alternative download mirror.

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The most probable cause is either an defective ISO file - you verified the checksum - so there is the or - a defective USB.

I suggest you try using the manjaro-get-iso package and test the download directly to your mounted Ventoy partition. The script is Python, should be distro agnostic

Applications / Manjaro Get Iso · GitLab

 $ get-iso -h
usage: get-iso [-h] [-f] [-o OUT_DIR] [-t TEMP_DIR] [-p | -r] {plasma,xfce,gnome,cinnamon,i3}

This tool will download the latest ISO for a named Manjaro Edition (default: minimal)

positional arguments:
  {plasma,xfce,gnome,cinnamon,i3}
                        Edition name (only gnome, plasma, xfce is valid for (p)review)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f, --full            Download full ISO
  -o, --out-dir OUT_DIR
                        Folder to store dowloaded ISO files (default: current directory)
  -t, --temp-dir TEMP_DIR
                        Location to store temporary files (random tmp folder: /tmp/tmpu_z5uqyf)

(P)review:
  -p, --preview         [Github] Developer Preview
  -r, --review          [Github] Release Review ISO

get-iso v. 0.17.0 - MIT License <https://opensource.org/license/mit>

For an official release ISO, the script will

  • download into a temporary folder
  • verify by signature
  • copy the ISO to the destination - your USB
  • finally verify the by checksum

Also be sure not to remove the USB before the copy has been done.

If you have the package udev-usb-sync installed - the ISO should be complete when you hit the eject button in your file manager.

[INFO] New package - udev-usb-sync
[INFO] New package - manjaro-get-iso application

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A certain indicator of filesystem errors.

Possibly the ISO wasn’t properly copied to the Ventoy USB (as @linux-aarhus suggests). It might pay to verify the checksum after copying to the USB, also.

The ISO in question installed to a VM without issue. Consider choosing another USB to use with Ventoy.

Regards.