diff --git a/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer b/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer
index 9b4b6ab..f4bf87a 100644
--- a/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer
+++ b/overlay/usr/local/bin/veilor-installer
@@ -1043,21 +1043,37 @@ run_install() {
             --show-output \
             -- bash -c 'anaconda --cmdline --kickstart=/run/install/veilor-generated.ks 2>&1 | tee /tmp/anaconda-cmdline.log' || rc=$?
         if [[ $rc -eq 0 ]]; then
-            # v0.6: 10-second redraw countdown so the operator knows
-            # exactly when the reboot will fire (and has time to grab
-            # the USB stick before it boots back into the live ISO).
-            # Each tick clears + redraws the styled box with the new
-            # remaining-seconds figure — no fancy in-place repaint, just
-            # a clean re-render via clear+gum-style which the linux
-            # fbcon handles without flicker.
+            # v0.6: split the success screen into THREE stacked boxes.
+            #
+            #   1. Green success box  — quiet confirmation.
+            #   2. Yellow eject box   — promoted out of the buried
+            #      one-liner the v0.5 success box used. Operators on
+            #      both onyx and the friend's RTX 4080 rig missed the
+            #      reminder and rebooted into the live ISO instead of
+            #      the install. Now it's its own loud thick-bordered
+            #      box that sits BELOW the success box and is
+            #      impossible to miss.
+            #   3. Reboot countdown   — embedded inside the green
+            #      success box so the operator can see "complete +
+            #      Xs to reboot" at a glance.
+            #
+            # Each tick clears + redraws all three, so the eject-media
+            # box stays in front of the operator for the full 10-second
+            # window and isn't scrolled off by a banner refresh.
             local secs
             for secs in 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; do
                 clear
                 gum style --foreground 2 --border rounded --margin "1 2" --padding "1 3" \
                     "✓ Install complete" \
                     "" \
-                    "Rebooting in ${secs}s..." \
-                    "Remove the install media."
+                    "Rebooting in ${secs}s..."
+                gum style --foreground 3 --border thick --margin "0 2" --padding "1 3" \
+                    --border-foreground 3 \
+                    "  Remove the install media NOW  " \
+                    "" \
+                    "  Unplug the USB stick / eject the DVD before  " \
+                    "  reboot, otherwise the system will boot back  " \
+                    "  into the live ISO instead of your fresh install.  "
                 sleep 1
             done
             systemctl reboot