> In most every previous version, during the install, I am prompted for the
> size of the partition size/mount point.  Is the need to hand-set the
> disklabel partitions temporary?

What I've noticed lately on i386 is that there is a "Standard",
"Standard with X", and "Custom" layout.  In the first two, disklabel
partitions are automatically created as a function of disk and memory size.

Ben
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