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Deduplicate the three near-identical write-temp→install blocks in inject() into a single install_into_rootfs() helper.
slim
Turning containers into bootable VMs
Example
# Build the container
podman build ./example/alpine -t slim-alpine
# Make the container bootable. slim injects /slim/init and /slim/exec,
# then packs the rootfs as a qcow2 disk.
slim build qcow2 slim-alpine
# Boot the image using QEMU. The container's CMD runs automatically.
slim run slim-alpine
# Override the command at runtime (base64-encoded on the kernel cmdline):
slim run slim-alpine --cmd '/bin/sh'
# Override the command at build time (baked into /slim/exec):
slim build qcow2 slim-alpine --cmd '/bin/sh'
# Cleanup
slim image rm slim-alpine
podman image rm slim-alpine
Kernel
slim boots VMs using a shared kernel at $XDG_DATA_HOME/slim-rs/registry/vmlinuz.
Place a suitable x86 bzImage there before running slim run.