Hard Disk Partition Sizes

Official Information and Terms

Before we get started, I am acting under the impression that the reader is a relative newbie to the world of FreeBSD, and is attempting to figure out how to partition their disks for the first time. I also assume that the reader is aware of the official FreeBSD documentation related to installing located here: The FreeBSD Handbook Install Section. More aware users will have discovered the partitioning information available under [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tuning