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Fix first-run setup timing out on the kernel download
On a Mac without the Linux kernel, setup ran `container system start --enable-kernel-install` with a 120 s limit. That command downloads a 697 MB archive without printing anything, so most connections hit the limit and the window showed `timedOut([...])`. - Start the service with --disable-kernel-install (10 min: a first start still pulls the 69 MB base filesystem). - Download the kernel in its own step with progress, then hand the file to `container system kernel set --tar ... --digest ...`, which checks it against the runtime's digest. - Opening the setup window no longer starts the download; Set Up does. - Timeouts and runner errors read as sentences. - A rebuild deletes the image it replaced, which frees about 2 GB each time, and deletes or stops the builder VM unless it was already running (it kept about 2.8 GB of memory). - Setup asks for 10 GB free, measured on a real setup.
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The VM can reach the internet. It can't reach your Mac or anything else on your
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- A Mac with Apple silicon
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- macOS 26 or later
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- About 3 GB of free space for the first setup
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- About 10 GB of free space for the first setup. Around 5 GB stays in use once it's done.
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- An administrator password, once, for Apple's installer
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## Install
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The VM can reach the internet. It can't reach your Mac or anything else on your
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- It downloads Apple's [`container`](https://github.com/apple/container) runtime (version 1.4.1, 118 MB),
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checks it against the SHA-256 built into Knotchy, and opens it in Apple's Installer. Click through Installer
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and enter your password there. Knotchy never asks for administrator rights itself.
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- It starts the runtime, which downloads a Linux kernel the first time.
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- It starts the runtime and downloads its Linux kernel, about 700 MB.
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- It builds the browser VM image on your Mac. That takes about 3 minutes and downloads about 225 MB.
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5. When every row has a green tick, click **Done**.
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@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ Proxies on your Mac or your local network are refused, because a page could reac
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Passwords and VPN keys are kept in your keychain.
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VM shows the runtime version and when the image was built, and has **Rebuild Now**. Rebuilding picks up WebKit
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security fixes, and Knotchy suggests it once the image is two weeks old.
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security fixes, and Knotchy suggests it once the image is two weeks old. After a build, Knotchy deletes the image it
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replaced and the builder VM, unless that builder was already running before the build.
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## How it works
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