Hello today I installed slackware so i could do lfs easier and i installed slack ware but you can have only four primary partitions and those are all taken up by Slackware (Btw i have free space i just cannot use it)

Solution : Delete partition `number 4'.

And create "extended" as a new `number 4'
Then you can create up to eleven "logical partitions" in #4.

Example : Partition #5 can be swap.
Partitions #6... #15 : Linux partitions.

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yes but i also want to put slackware in one partition is that posible

You can have slackware in different partitions one for root, one for home and one for swap, and you can even create a small one just for boot.

During installation the script usually prompt you to select where you one to mount the partitions you have previously create and even ask you the type of format you want to create. Usually select ext4 is a good idea.

your hard drive will only allow 4 primary partitions but you can sub partition a primary partition on to logical partition.
fdisk is what you type to create partition during Slackware installation.

Good luck to you

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Yes, you can do that. A swap partition is not required.
I.e. a swap file inside Slackware will do.


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So instead of outing /home /root and /usr in separate partitions I can put them in one right oh and I think I'll do a swap partition because LFS only needs two primary partitions

IMHO it's better to allocate as much space as possible in an extended, and install there with all partitions as logicals. Saves getting into the "wasted space" scenario. Linux doesn't require a primary partition at all - not root, not boot, not 'nuthin.
If you have to put up with something that is so brain dead as to require a primary partition for the boot-code, leave some space for that at the front of the disk, and use all the rest as an extended.
KISS.

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Thanks I'll try that

Having a separate /root partition is not necessary but sure it is nice for when you have re install the OS. That way all the config files under your home partition are saved, along with all the data you have been accumulate over the years

Linux does not have to be installed on a "Primary" partition. That's a Windows thing, a holdover from DOS.

You can install Linux quite happily on extended partitions. I've done it with Mint and Mageia, though not with Slackware.

agree

OK I'll just put it on an extended partition

Let us know how it is working out for you.

Alright

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Oh and what is the difference of primary and logic