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Subject: Re: The question that wont die: What size partitions should I make?
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>I'd make /home into a separate slice. Easier for backups. You can easily
>reinstall ports, but if you loose your personal data...
>
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Thats a good idea.  I will digest what eveveryone said, and post what I 
did.  Currently I'm installing Win2k, since this will be a dual-boot 
machine. FreeBSD is next!

thanks!