From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:36:17 +0000, David Wade wrote:   
      
   > On 13/11/2025 02:45, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Did you know that when Debian boots on an IBM mainframe, it has to   
   >> pretend it’s getting punched cards from a card reader?   
   >>   
   > It does not "have to" pretend its cards, its just convenient to do so.   
   > How is this different from a VMWare cluster having to pretend its   
   > booting from a CD?   
      
   Don’t know, don’t care. I don’t use that proprietary Broadcom crap.   
      
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