Linux – Turning unallocated space into an NTFS partition

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I want to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7. Here's my GParted configuration:

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I want to set all the unallocated space to use the NTFS system so I can store my media files.

dev/sda1 is MBR
dev/sda2 is primary partition for win7 application and installaion
dev/sda3 is primary partition for ubuntu11 application and installation
dev/sda4 is logical partition for /home and swap in ubuntu.

In GParted, I can't make a new partition. I got an error that said I can't have four primary partitions.

How can I do this? Or is there a problem with partitioning the disk like that?

Best Answer

Extend /dev/sda4 to the end of the disk. You can only have up to 4 'primary partitions' on this disk. Once you expand it, you can create an NTFS partition (a Logical partition) at the end inside of /dev/sda4

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I just solved it, and I'll post the answer here in case someone else faces a similar problem.

I was unable to resize the partition because my swap space was still in use, so I found out I could disable it using swapoff -a.

After doing this, GParted allowed me to merge the unallocated space with the fedora logical partition. I then right clicked on the logical partition and selected the Check option.

Finally, I used the following to actually allocate the free space to the root and home partitions:

lvextend -L +20G /dev/fedora/home
lvextend -L +20G /dev/fedora/root
resize2fs /dev/fedora/home
resize2fs /dev/fedora/root

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