>
> Why? 7.5.1804 has been out since May of this year. You're going to
> end up downloading a ton of updates the first time.
>
For a specialized software, we have to wait for the developers to certify
each new OS. They are still recommending 7.3. One reason in particular is
that 7.5 has a fix for Meltdown and Spectre, which known to reduce
performance. This machine will be airgapped, so performance trumps
security.
> I suggest going into the BIOS and disable the internal video port, if
> that's possible. You might be able to indicate which video device to
> use for default with the right video= parameter to the kernel for the
> bootloader.
>
> This is not possible. The best I can do is switch VGA priority to
offboard, that controls which screen shows POST messages.
Also — this time it shows a few more lines, nouveau says unknown chipset
(132000a1)
So I think I can fix it by adding nomodeset to the boot options.
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