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swarfendor437

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Registered: 2024-11-06

Posts: 80

[SOLVED] Unable to run Q4OS 6.7 in Ventoy

Hi,

Thought I would try out 6.7 in my Ventoy USB drive but it kept looping and asking for 'kernel must be loaded first'.

Not had any issues with earlier versions of Q4OS booting off Ventoy. (Current version of Ventoy is 1.1.16 - downgrading to an earlier version made no difference).

Last edited by swarfendor437 (2026-08-04 11:00)

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Totone

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Registered: 2026-01-20

Posts: 64

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to run Q4OS 6.7 in Ventoy

Hello everyone,
I also ran into some issues with ventoy-1.1.12-livecd.iso,
so I preferred creating a bootable drive using S4 Live USB Création - S4 Live USB Maker.
Hope this helps!

regards

Digidoc

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Registered: 2025-03-15

Posts: 78

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to run Q4OS 6.7 in Ventoy

I just installed 6.7 using the newest Ventoy. Both worked fine here. I installed 3 times while testing. Test your USB with Steve Gibson's Validrive. This sounds like a classic symptom of a counterfeit flash drive.

swarfendor437

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Registered: 2024-11-06

Posts: 80

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to run Q4OS 6.7 in Ventoy

I just installed 6.7 using the newest Ventoy. Both worked fine here. I installed 3 times while testing. Test your USB with Steve Gibson's Validrive. This sounds like a classic symptom of a counterfeit flash drive.

No it is a bona fide cheap integral USB 2.0 drive and also same issue on a Kingston USB 3.0 drive.

Problem sorted with Ventoy 1.1.17 which has only just been updated.

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ASUS PRIME X470-PRO, AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 8 Core, 16 Gb RAM, Asus GT1030 2 Gb DDR-5  Q4OS 5.9 (Aquarius)