HD Install :: using dsl over suse

basically my home pc is a dual boot system running xp and suse 10, after trying the latest dsl im finiding it better and easyer than suse which is way bigger (1 double layer dvd) what id like to do is to replace suse with dsl,,, it currently uses the suse grub booter,

how to go on, i was thinking to use the suse dvd to remove the multiple partitions suse builds creating one clean partition for dsl n leaving my xp well alone, but how do i set the dual boot,

sorry its the same questions again but im new to linux and just learning dual boots, suse sets up automatically so it was easy enough, but i want to swap over to linux n need to keep xp as im learning for if i get problems.

ok so i made the start n deleated the suse n swap partition n made them into one,,, big mistake, now when i reboot i just get the grub

( if i install dsl frugal with grub will this fix it? nxt question how do i tell where my free space is at, hda1 or hda2,, lookin to the mounting tool i only have a hda 1 there n thats windows, does this mean my linux partition is hda2?

or how can i remove the grub just leaving me with windows boot n a linux partion to start fresh on,,,, pls help

Thank god for dsl at least i can boot from cd n try fix this :P

ok using the suse partioner it shows i have hda 76.6
hda1 39 NTFS
hda2 37.6 Extended

Personally I wouldn't delete the partitions, depending on how many there are. You WILL want a swap partition, so I'd keep that. You may want to have two linux partitions, one ext2 for DSL and one ext3 or reiser for your data. You can go with a single partition, of course, but DSL needs to be on ext2 and this filesystem can be troublesome when you compare it with the newer journalling filesystems.
...just my own preference.

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