diff --git a/scripts/docker/install/rootless/rootless_docker.sh b/scripts/docker/install/rootless/rootless_docker.sh
index 416fba2..ce0aa8f 100755
--- a/scripts/docker/install/rootless/rootless_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/install/rootless/rootless_docker.sh
@@ -111,13 +111,14 @@ EOF
 
         ((menu_number++))
         echo ""
-        echo "---- $menu_number. Configuring rootless networking (pasta + builtin port driver)."
+        echo "---- $menu_number. Configuring rootless networking (slirp4netns + builtin port driver)."
         echo ""
 
-        # pasta replaces slirp4netns as the net namespace driver — higher
-        # throughput, lower latency, native IPv6, much better UDP. The
-        # builtin rootlesskit port driver skips the slirp4netns userspace
-        # port-handler and shaves per-connection overhead.
+        # slirp4netns is the net namespace driver; the builtin rootlesskit port
+        # driver skips slirp4netns's userspace port-handler and shaves
+        # per-connection overhead. (pasta is faster but requires a recent passt
+        # AND port driver none/implicit — the pasta+builtin combo is rejected by
+        # rootlesskit, which silently kept the rootless daemon from starting.)
         systemd_user_dir="/home/$CFG_DOCKER_INSTALL_USER/.config/systemd/user"
         local result=$(dockerCommandRunInstallUser "mkdir -p $systemd_user_dir")
         checkSuccess "Create the systemd user directory if it doesn't exist"
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ EOF
 
 sudo bash -c "cat <<EOL > '$override_conf_file'
 [Service]
-Environment='DOCKERD_ROOTLESS_ROOTLESSKIT_NET=pasta'
+Environment='DOCKERD_ROOTLESS_ROOTLESSKIT_NET=slirp4netns'
 Environment='DOCKERD_ROOTLESS_ROOTLESSKIT_PORT_DRIVER=builtin'
 Environment='DOCKERD_ROOTLESS_ROOTLESSKIT_MTU=$CFG_NETWORK_MTU'
 EOL"