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System Configuration—DisksBy default, FreeBSD installer recommends you to create five separate partitions asshown in the following table:PartitionMinimumSizeMaximumSwap RAM size / 8 2 * RAM size/ 256 MB 512 MB/tmp 128 MB 512 MB/var128 MB1 GB + RAMsize/usr 1536 MB Rest of diskDescriptionSize of swap partition is recommended to be 2or 3 times the size of the physical RAM. If youhave multiple disks, you may want to createswap on a separate disk like other partitions.Root file system contains your FreeBSDinstallation. All other partitions (exceptswap) will be mounted under root partition.Temporary files will be placed under thispartition. This partition can be made eitheron the disk or in the RAM for faster access.Files under this partition are not guaranteedto be retained after reboots.This partition contains files that are constantly"varying", including log files and mailboxes.Print spool files and other administrative files.Creating this partition on a separate disk isrecommended for busy servers.All other files, including home directoriesand user installed applications, will beinstalled under this partition.These values could change in further releases. It is recommended that you refer tothe release notes of the version you are using, for more accurate information.FreeBSD disklabel editor with automatically created partitions is shown in thefollowing screenshots:[ ]