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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euf
+
+# Variables
+ROOTFS_FILENAME="./rootfs.img"
+IMAGE_URL="https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/noble/current/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+IMAGE_NAME="noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img"
+
+# Cleanup previous run
+rm -f "$ROOTFS_FILENAME"
+
+# Download Ubuntu image
+echo "Downloading Ubuntu 24.04 image"
+curl -L "$IMAGE_URL" -o "$IMAGE_NAME"
+
+# Rename final file
+mv "$IMAGE_NAME" "$ROOTFS_FILENAME"