Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:29:47 -0500 From: "Jeff Rogers" <jlr@soltec.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: El Torito Message-ID: <199807230232.VAA08641@photon.soltec.net>
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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. >Sorry I don't know anything about how to determine whether the >BIOS >confirms, unless the documentation mentions it (CD-ROM boot is >currently always El Torito). >Greg I may misunderstand; but I think you can tell if you have a bootable CDROM by just going into BIOS settings; go into, in my case, the second option down, on the left, hit enter, find the "Boot Sequence" entry. When it's highlighted, hit page down/up all through all the available options. If you see one listing CDROM first, in order, then you have a bootable CDROM. Also, if you have an ATAPI CDROM, I think they're always bootable. Hope it helps somehow. Jeff Rogers jlr@soltec.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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