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Subject: Re: UFS partitioning
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>> ad0a (/), ad0b (swap), ad0d (/var) etc... correct or not (then what)?
>
> You're mixing terminology here. :-) The "use entire disk" will
> create a slice for FreeBSD covering the complete disk. A slice
> is what MICROS~1 calls "primary partition".
>
> Now the conclusion: Let's say you create a slice on ad0, it will
> be ad0s1. Now you can create partitions inside this slice as you

by not using sysinstall (simple manual install) there is no need to create 
slices at all just disklabel

works fine.