Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:58:56 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" <rafareta@mexcom.net.mx> Cc: "S. Kritikos" <napoli@wwa.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: El Torrito standard Message-ID: <19980724075856.G716@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35B73F0C.FB1C74C9@mexcom.net.mx>; from Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez on Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 08:47:56AM -0500 References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980722102513.9401A-100000@tako.wwa.com> <35B667E3.26E805C5@mexcom.net.mx> <19980723110127.F8993@freebie.lemis.com> <35B73F0C.FB1C74C9@mexcom.net.mx>
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On Thursday, 23 July 1998 at 8:47:56 -0500, Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez wrote: > 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 You obviously haven't eaten there. You wouldn't want to recognize it as Mexican food :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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