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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Use bootc properly with qcow2 via Podman
+# Based on https://bootc-dev.github.io/bootc/registries-and-offline.html
+
+set -e
+
+CONTAINER_IMAGE="git.raines.xyz/particle-os/debian-bootc:latest-with-fixes"
+QCOW2_FILE="debian-bootc-bootc-installed.qcow2"
+SIZE="10G"
+
+echo "🏗️  Using bootc properly with qcow2 via Podman"
+echo "=============================================="
+echo "Container: $CONTAINER_IMAGE"
+echo "Output: $QCOW2_FILE"
+echo "Size: $SIZE"
+echo ""
+
+# Clean up
+rm -f "$QCOW2_FILE"
+
+echo "💾 Creating qcow2 disk image..."
+qemu-img create -f qcow2 "$QCOW2_FILE" "$SIZE"
+
+echo "🔧 Setting up Podman with qcow2 as drive..."
+# Create a Podman container that maps the qcow2 as a drive
+# This allows bootc to install to the qcow2 file as if it were a real disk
+
+echo "📦 Running bootc install via Podman..."
+# Use Podman to run bootc install with the qcow2 mapped as a drive
+sudo podman run --privileged --rm \
+    -v /dev:/dev \
+    -v "$(pwd):/workspace" \
+    -v "$QCOW2_FILE:/dev/disk/by-id/qcow2-disk" \
+    --device /dev/loop0:/dev/loop0 \
+    "$CONTAINER_IMAGE" \
+    bootc install to-disk --source-imgref "$CONTAINER_IMAGE" /dev/disk/by-id/qcow2-disk
+
+echo "✅ Bootc installation completed!"
+echo "📊 Image info:"
+qemu-img info "$QCOW2_FILE"
+
+echo ""
+echo "🚀 To boot this image:"
+echo "   qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2G -drive file=$QCOW2_FILE,format=qcow2 -netdev user,id=net0 -device e1000,netdev=net0 -nographic"