From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 23 15:29:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16715 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:29:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16703 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:29:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id HAA00644; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:59:01 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id HAA02441; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:58:56 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980724075856.G716@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:58:56 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" Cc: "S. Kritikos" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: El Torrito standard References: <35B667E3.26E805C5@mexcom.net.mx> <19980723110127.F8993@freebie.lemis.com> <35B73F0C.FB1C74C9@mexcom.net.mx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35B73F0C.FB1C74C9@mexcom.net.mx>; from Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez on Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 08:47:56AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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