Add'l Partitions to Dual-Boot Win 8/Arch Linux

I'm hoping to get a dual-boot arrangement going on my refurbished Asus Q200E Netbook that Santa brought!
Here's what the hard drive looks like now:
Asus tells me the following:
sda1: System Files to start
sda2: Recovery
sda3: OS automatically created when an OS is installed
sda4: Operating System  [Clearly Win 8 is here]
sda5: Unallocated space (and yet it's formatted and has 25.5 MB of data written on it)
sda6: Add'l files for recovery
What's the best approach to create my needed linux partitions?  Shrink sda4, and slide sda5 & sda6 to the left? 
Any tips/suggestions/warnings would be greatly appreciated!    Does anyone know if my touchscreen will work under Arch...?
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by wilberfan (2013-12-28 00:32:21)

wilberfan wrote:
alezost wrote:I had similar partitions on my ASUS X75V except of your sda5 (i didn't have it).  I just shrank sda4 (from Windows8 just in case), and then i used the new space for ext4 partitions (this time i used gparted).
I'm in the process of doing something similar (also using gparted).   Does your Asus have a touchscreen, and did it work after installing Arch? How many ext4 partitions did you use to install Arch?
No, i don't have a touchscreen, i hope the wiki will help you with that.
I just used 2 partitions (one for "/" and one for "/home").

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