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 @9b1e0c6d what the fuck, just a partition?? that kind of shit calls for a whole nother computer lmao 
 @a29ef283 it's a one-off $80 gig, not worth, relatively low risk. the reality is that they're likely gonna remote in for 15 minutes so they can console in to some switch that's on-site. 
 @a29ef283 if I thought I could *reliably* *quickly* pass all that through to a VM on the fly, I'd give them a virtual machine instead. 
 @a29ef283 my official policy for long-term things is "Either you provide a company computer or I provide a virtual machine" 
 Maybe someone has a real cheapo laptop willing to throw away for dirt cheap? I know people throw old chromebooks like trash. 
 @Token @a29ef283 it's gonna run windows. 

like I said, the risk is relatively low, if they were malicious and/or smart they'd know how to do things like SSH forward or properly connect their switch to a management network. I'm just gonna comply and give them a squeaky clean partition that's only used for gig work. 

Remember, I don't trust my Windows machines anyway, so my laptop is very limited as to what secrets are on it 
 Sounds good enough, then.