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install: Doc install-to-filesystem --replace=alongside
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Let's doc this.

Signed-off-by: Colin Walters <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -157,3 +157,27 @@ system or distribution to ship a separate installer that creates more complex bl
storage or filesystem setups, but reuses the "top half" of the logic.
For example, a goal is to change [Anaconda](https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/)
to use this.


### Using `bootc install-to-filesystem --replace=alongside`

This is a variant of `install-to-filesystem`, which maximizes convenience for using
an existing Linux system, converting it into the target container image. Note that
the `/boot` (and `/boot/efi`) partitions *will be reinitialized* - so this is a
somewhat destructive operation for the existing Linux installation.

Also, because the filesystem is reused, it's required that the target system kernel
support the root storage setup already initialized.

The core command should look like this:

```
$ podman run --privileged -v /:/target --pid=host --net=none --security-opt label=type:install_t \
<image> \
bootc install-to-filesystem --replace=alongside /target
```

At the current time, leftover data in `/` is *not* automatically cleaned up. This can
be useful, because it allows the new image to automatically import data from the previous
host system! For example, things like SSH keys or container images can be copied
and then deleted from the original.

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