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host-bootc-qcow2.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
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+# Use host bootc directly with qcow2 mapped as block device
+# This is the proper bootc approach
+
+set -e
+
+CONTAINER_IMAGE="git.raines.xyz/particle-os/debian-bootc:latest-with-fixes"
+QCOW2_FILE="debian-bootc-host-bootc.qcow2"
+SIZE="10G"
+
+echo "🏗️  Using host bootc with qcow2 as block device"
+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 qcow2 as block device..."
+# Set up the qcow2 as a loopback device so bootc can see it as a real disk
+sudo losetup -f "$QCOW2_FILE"
+LOOP_DEV=$(sudo losetup -j "$QCOW2_FILE" | cut -d: -f1)
+echo "Loop device: $LOOP_DEV"
+
+echo "📦 Running host bootc install to the mapped disk..."
+# Use the host bootc directly to install the container to the loopback device
+sudo bootc install to-disk --source-imgref "$CONTAINER_IMAGE" "$LOOP_DEV"
+
+echo "🧹 Cleaning up loopback device..."
+sudo losetup -d "$LOOP_DEV"
+
+echo "✅ Host 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"
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