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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:33:41 -0400
B. Cook <bcook@poughkeepsieschools.org> wrote:

> I have slices a, d, e, f, g, and h.. I wouldn't be able to get one  
> more would I?
> 
I've never tried it myself, but I've heard that it's possible to
nest FreeBSD partitions indefinitely - leading to an unlimited number
of partitions. 

I think you just need to run disklabel on a partition rather than a
slice.