I can't create both Swap and Ext4 partition

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I installed Ubuntu using the dual boot method. My laptop is HP pavilion DV6. It has MBR on my HDD, so I'm limited to create 4 primary partitions. In Windows 8 I have used 4 primary partitions. In the driver management I see only 3 primary partitions which are the C, D, E drive. The F drive is logical drive. I didn't find the missing primary partition so I deleted my D drive and thus made space for a new primary partition.

When I began to install Ubuntu I created only 1 partition. I could either create a swap partition or a Ext4. So I decided to create an Ext4 partion which will replace the D drive partition. But i think i should create a swap Partition for my Ubuntu.

What should I do now, my laptop has 4GB RAM.

Here is my gparted snapshot.

gparted snapshot

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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When you make logical partitions, they require one of your primary partition slots to be used as the base for the extended volume.

In this case, /dev/sda3 is the base for extended volumes, but /dev/sda5 is the only logical partition in there, and is using up the whole of /dev/sda3's storage.

Hope that helps!

EDIT:

The first answer on this question should show you how to enable the partition for use as swap.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Mar 03 '15 at 09:52

Arronical

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so i should free some space from /dev/sda5 then i can add some space for my swap partition ?? – mahamudul hasan Mar 03 '15 at 10:04
i shrinked /dev/sda5 then created swap partition. please check this snapshot is this ok?? http://i.imgur.com/l4xA0Ia.png – mahamudul hasan Mar 03 '15 at 11:14
when i executed 'top' command i saw there is 0KiB in the swap area. can you explain this ?? snapshot http://i.imgur.com/iuw3AzL.png – mahamudul hasan Mar 05 '15 at 16:56

Faizan Akram Dar · Answer 2 · 2015-04-15T04:08:31.577

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4gb ram is enough and there is no need of swap still if you want swap Shrink /dev/sda5 and create a logical volume of type swap.

edited Apr 15 '15 at 04:08

answered Mar 03 '15 at 11:04

Faizan Akram Dar

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I can't create both Swap and Ext4 partition

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