# Boot partition seeds

Flash Raspberry Pi OS Lite **32-bit** (armhf — the Pi 1 is ARMv6) to the card,
then copy these onto the FAT `bootfs` partition:

- `user-data` — fill in the password hash (`openssl passwd -6`)
- `network-config.example` → `network-config` — fill in the Wi-Fi password

## The instance-id gotcha

cloud-init applies network config and creates users **only when it believes
this is a new machine**. To force a re-run on an already-booted card, edit
`meta-data` on the boot partition and add/bump:

```
instance-id: something-new
```

The stock file ships an `instance_id:` key (underscore) whose comment claims
this works — **it is ignored**. The hyphenated `instance-id:` is the real key.