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@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@ podman pull git.berger.ruhr/alwin/dev-pod:fret
 ```
 ## create the contaienr
 Point WORKDIR to whererver your repos are.
-Point FRETHOME to some other directory, which can cuntions as the home directory inside the container.
+Point FRETHOME to some other directory, which can serve as the home directory inside the container.
+Make sure to initialize an ssh config under $FRETHOME
 ```sh
 podman create --name fretpod -p 2222:22 -v basestore:/nix/store -v $FRETHOME:/root -v $WORKDIR:/root/WORK git.berger.ruhr/alwin/dev-pod:fret
 ```
+## start and enter the container
+```sh
+# start
+podman start fretpod
+# enter using ssh
+ssh -p 2222 root@127.0.0.1
+# or enter directly using podman
+podman exec -it fretpod zsh
+```
 ## (optinal) auto-start the container
 ```sh
 podman generate systemd basepod > ~/.config/systemd/user/basepod.service