converting a logial partition to a primary partition

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Hello,

Fedora 14 xfce

I have the following partition setup. I would like to know how can I convert the logical partition sda6 to a primary partition.

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    Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 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: 0x1707a8a5
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1            2048     1026047      512000   83  Linux
    /dev/sda2         1026048   205844479   102409216   83  Linux
    /dev/sda3       205844480   214228991     4192256   82  Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda4       214228992   625141759   205456384    5  Extended
    /dev/sda5       214231040   573562879   179665920   83  Linux
    /dev/sda6       573564928   625141759    25788416    7  HPFS/NTFS

    Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2              97G  5.0G   91G   6% /
    tmpfs                 494M  176K  494M   1% /dev/shm
    /dev/sda1             485M   68M  392M  15% /boot
    /dev/sda5             169G   26G  135G  16% /home

    # partition table of /dev/sda
    unit: sectors
    /dev/sda1 : start=     2048, size=  1024000, Id=83
    /dev/sda2 : start=  1026048, size=204818432, Id=83
    /dev/sda3 : start=205844480, size=  8384512, Id=82
    /dev/sda4 : start=214228992, size=410912768, Id= 5
    /dev/sda5 : start=214231040, size=359331840, Id=83
    /dev/sda6 : start=573564928, size= 51576832, Id= 7


I would like to convert sda6 to a primary partition, the reason for this it to install windows 7 starter.

Many thanks for any suggestions,
 
IIRC a disk can only support 4 primary partitions. You're already at that limit.

This is exactly correct. A hard drive can have only a maximum of only 4 Primary Partitions. Which is why when you created the 5th and 6th partitions they were created as Logical Partitions. So you will have to transfer one of the 4 Primary partitions, which Linux can be installed onto, to the NTFS File System to install Win7.
 
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