From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 23 07:38:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA24931 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:38:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dns.webwizard.net.mx (ver1-22.uninet.net.mx [200.38.135.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA24903 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:38:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rafareta@mexcom.net.mx) Received: from mexcom.net.mx (rafa.nix.mexcom.net [206.103.64.101]) by dns.webwizard.net.mx (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA13714; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:47:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35B73F0C.FB1C74C9@mexcom.net.mx> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 08:47:56 -0500 From: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" Organization: MexCom.Net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD sunix3.0.1 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey CC: "S. Kritikos" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: El Torrito standard References: <35B667E3.26E805C5@mexcom.net.mx> <19980723110127.F8993@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Wednesday, 22 July 1998 at 17:29:55 -0500, Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez wrote: > > S. Kritikos wrote: > >> > >> Im considering in upgrading my PC with a CD drive in order to install > >> freeBSD. How can I be sure that the BIOS conforms to the "El Torrito" > >> standard? > > > > What is "El torrito"?? > > El Torito is a chain of pseudo-Mexican restaurants in California and > possibly elsewhere. They tried it in Texas, but nobody believed them. > > It's also the name of a CD-ROM boot standard that was hacked out on > the back of an envelope by a group of people eating at El Torito one > evening. The standard is in keeping with the restuarant. We can say that it's a mexican tecnology :-D Gracias. RafaReta To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message