From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed,  7 Jun 2000 16:40:46 -0400
From: Russ Cox rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com
Subject: [9fans] Re: Who is glenda? (up and running)
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Are you sure it's /lib/vgadb that is the problem?
Aux/vga will fail trying to write /n/a:/vgainfo.txt for sure.
You need the floppy writable so that the boot process
can do things like write vgainfo.txt (see the troubleshooting
section) and 9inst.cnf (when you save your install
state to resume later).

The Millennium only supports 8-bit mode;
the only cards that support more than 8-bit mode
are the Mach 64 and S3 ViRGE based ones,
and the #9 Ticket to Ride IV (SGI LCD).

As for 1800x1350, that mode is a non-standard
one calculated to push the hardware to its limits;
it's not completely surprising that the p815 entry
doesn't work for the Sony: you'll need to do the
calculations to find out what the Sony should use.

Russ