[SOLVED] how to convert logical partition to primary?
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i am using slackware 14.1 and my partition table is given below
Code:
sda1 Primary ext4 60003.42
sda2 Primary swap 8998.46
sda3 Primary ext4 119998.61
Logical Free Space 0.10*
sda5 NC Logical Linux 120739.34*
sda6 NC Logical ntfs 190356.39*
Logical Free Space 11.56
and i want to change
Code:
sda5 NC Logical Linux 120739.34*
Logical to primary partition.i don't know how to do it.i searched over internet but i can't understand could u any body please guide me how to do it.Thanks in advance.
I would say there is no trivial solution. First you need to save all the content (copy onto another drive) of it, delete it and shrink the extended partition and afterwards you will be able to create a new primary partition (and copy the content back).
But first please post the full result of fdisk -l /dev/sda
I would say there is no trivial solution. First you need to save all the content (copy onto another drive) of it, delete it and shrink the extended partition and afterwards you will be able to create a new primary partition (and copy the content back).
But first please post the full result of fdisk -l /dev/sda
the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda
Code:
bash-4.2# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1f281f28
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 117194174 58597056 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 117194175 134769284 8787555 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 134769285 369141569 117186142+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 369141758 976750591 303804417 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 593755038 604960767 5602865 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 604962816 976750591 185893888 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
so as you can see sda4 is an extended partition. It means it contains other partitions, but no filesystem. sda5 and sda6 can be found inside. The main problem is that this partition table is full, you cannot add a primary partition. You either need to replace one of them or need to find another solutition.
so as you can see sda4 is an extended partition. It means it contains other partitions, but no filesystem. sda5 and sda6 can be found inside. The main problem is that this partition table is full, you cannot add a primary partition. You either need to replace one of them or need to find another solutition.
hello,
sda1,sda2,sda3,and sda6 is important partition to me.so how can i make sda5 primary partition and how can i delete sda4 extended please give me valuable suggestion to me.i plan to install windows os on sda5 partition so it is necessary to convert logical to primary.could u please guide me.Thanks in advance.
You can only have four primary partitions on an MBR type disk.
If you want more you could try converting the partition table to a GPT type but I think Windows will only install in EFI-mode on GPT disks.
Hello,
thanks for your suggestion but it is time consuming process i have to read that u giving to me website and understand then only i do.could u have any alternative ways.i ready to delete partition but expat sda1,2,3,6 and how to delete the sda4 that is extending i don't know what it means what ever it is i don't want it.please guide me.Thanks in advance.
Why do you want to move sda5? linux does not care where a partition is located.
What are you trying to accomplish?
Since you already have 4 primary partitions you can not create any more.
An extended partition allows one to create more than 4 partitions using a legacy MBR drive. It can not be deleted without losing sda6.
You can delete sda5 and add the space to other existing partitions.
hello,
when i try to install windows os it gives me error.it won't install in logical fs so i think want to change sda5 logical to primary but i belived that linux only support four primary partition.sda1 has my slackware os and sda2 has swap memory and sda3 has LFS/BLFS system.well,now i understood that there is no way i have to delete any one partition correct?so i don't want to delete my LFS/BLFS system so i want to delete slackware os and after that i want to install windows os.please guide me how to format sda1 ext4 to ntfs with primary fs.Thanks in advance.
you do not need to do anything, during install windows will ask you to specify partition and will format it for you
hello,
no pan64;5318097 during installation it won't install and gives me error i.e it is a unknown file system windows can install only NTFS fs.i tried lot of times but no use.
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