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Date:      Thu, 3 Apr 1997 22:12:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stephane Legrand <stephane@lituus.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HP 5L printer - HD Seagate Medialist Pro 2520
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970403221144.464Q-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <v01510107af6802f184ca@[195.25.51.10]>

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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Stephane Legrand wrote:

> In order to upgrade my freebsd box, i want to buy a HP Laserjet 5L printer
> and a new EIDE hard disk Medialist Pro 2520 (2.5 Go) from Seagate.
> 
> So, is it good choices ? Is the HP 5L works with ghostscript (especially
> with only 1 Mo RAM) ? Does this hard disk has good performances ? And does
> freebsd take advantages of Enhanced IDE ?

On the printer, I don't know if ghostscript can put out something it can
interpret.  If you have the cash, go for one with the PostScript option.  

For the disk, you have to define "take advantage of Enhanced IDE."
FreeBSD will use your entire disk just fine.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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