run success and fail. And image size wired. #212

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adam · 2025-12-29T00:20:27+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:20:27 +01:00

Originally created by @BackMountainDevil on GitHub (Jul 3, 2021).

how i run Docker-OSX successfully?

all in #280
I have successful run it this morning. erase disk\ reinstall os\ finally go into a OS screen to set language, keyboard. I can open app store or use Safari to look Bilibili( youtube like). It eels very good ! you guys are do an amazing thing.

The install process really take a long time.. and I clear lots of cache(pacman, yay..) to get more disk usable.

$ docker images
REPOSITORY                  TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED        SIZE
sickcodes/docker-osx        latest    87e0808867a0   5 weeks ago    3.09GB
dinghao188/rcore-tutorial   latest    779b0c88b284   4 months ago   1.17GB

question 1

Thing get wired after I take a snap. When I run a again, everything turn back to zero. I need to do erase, disk partition, install agagin.. Is this normal ??? To see whether mac install or not. I use Filelight to see the size of /var/lib/docker is 47.9 G. and /var/lib/docker/overlay2 is 47.9G too. /var/lib/docker/overlay2/e7ee801b954d13438a975ab2b228dbb858c2d8be7d95ca083dbeb141ac157b95 take 27.6G. Is this means that I have installed the mac? If it is so, why it just go into the os.

question 2

I erase the 200 G disk and divide a 60G to use. So it will suddenly use 60 G or just use a little at first then geteting bigger and bigger until 60G?

Originally created by @BackMountainDevil on GitHub (Jul 3, 2021). # how i run Docker-OSX successfully? all in #280 I have successful run it this morning. erase disk\ reinstall os\ finally go into a OS screen to set language, keyboard. I can open app store or use Safari to look Bilibili( youtube like). It eels very good ! you guys are do an amazing thing. The install process really take a long time.. and I clear lots of cache(pacman, yay..) to get more disk usable. ```bash $ docker images REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE sickcodes/docker-osx latest 87e0808867a0 5 weeks ago 3.09GB dinghao188/rcore-tutorial latest 779b0c88b284 4 months ago 1.17GB ``` # question 1 Thing get wired after I take a snap. When I run a again, everything turn back to zero. I need to do erase, disk partition, install agagin.. Is this normal ??? To see whether mac install or not. I use Filelight to see the size of /var/lib/docker is 47.9 G. and /var/lib/docker/overlay2 is 47.9G too. /var/lib/docker/overlay2/e7ee801b954d13438a975ab2b228dbb858c2d8be7d95ca083dbeb141ac157b95 take 27.6G. Is this means that I have installed the mac? If it is so, why it just go into the os. # question 2 I erase the 200 G disk and divide a 60G to use. So it will suddenly use 60 G or just use a little at first then geteting bigger and bigger until 60G?

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adam commented

2025-12-29 00:20:29 +01:00

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2021):

So the 47GB then you can use in the :naked image

Move the 47GB image somewhere else, chown to $USER, and then:

docker run -it \
    --device /dev/kvm \
    -p 50922:10022 \
    -v "${PWD}/mac_hdd_ng_auto.img:/image" \
    -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
    -e "DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-:0.0}" \
    sickcodes/docker-osx:naked

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2021): So the 47GB then you can use in the `:naked` image Move the 47GB image somewhere else, chown to $USER, and then: ```bash docker run -it \ --device /dev/kvm \ -p 50922:10022 \ -v "${PWD}/mac_hdd_ng_auto.img:/image" \ -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \ -e "DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-:0.0}" \ sickcodes/docker-osx:naked ```

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:20:29 +01:00

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2021):

Second question, yes qcow2 grows as the system grows.

However, APFS Big Sur starts at 40GB.

You can reduce the image size here: https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX#tips-for-reducing-the-size-of-the-image

@sickcodes commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2021): Second question, yes qcow2 grows as the system grows. However, APFS Big Sur starts at 40GB. You can reduce the image size here: https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX#tips-for-reducing-the-size-of-the-image

adam commented

2025-12-29 00:20:30 +01:00

@BackMountainDevil commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2021):

Thank for your answer. That is very helpful.

@BackMountainDevil commented on GitHub (Jul 24, 2021): Thank for your answer. That is very helpful.

adam referenced this issue

2025-12-29 01:24:53 +01:00

[PR #212] [MERGED] Improved README #728

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