diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ which is used to boot.  At runtime on a target system, the base userspace is
 *not* itself running in a container by default.  For example, assuming
 systemd is in use, systemd acts as pid1 as usual - there's no "outer" process.
 
+# Example
+
+To try bootc today run:
+```
+$ truncate -s 10G test-disk.img
+$ sudo losetup -Pf test-disk.img
+$ LOOP=$(sudo losetup | grep test-disk.img | cut -f1 -d' ')
+$ sudo podman run --rm --privileged --pid=host --security-opt label=type:unconfined_t quay.io/centos-bootc/fedora-bootc:eln bootc install to-disk --generic-machine "$LOOP"
+$ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1500 -snapshot -accel kvm -cpu host -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd ./test-disk.img
+```
+
+
 # More information
 
 See the [project documentation](https://containers.github.io/bootc/).