too many options at boot up

[goude]

Hello everyone,

I have recently installed Linux on a machine with vista on it.
When I reboot the machine, it gives me the following 4 options:

1) Linux
2) LInux (/dev/sda6)
3) Linux (/dev/sda7)
4) Vista

Is there a way to get rid of option 2 and 3?
I had some problems at the beginning installing linux so I actually installed it more than once.
Is this why I get those two extra options?

Thank you in advance!!!

Goude

[Kieren]

I think your best option would be to reinstall Linux, but re-partition your hard drive (sda) manually. At the moment you are wasting harddrive space with OSs you don't want

[goude]

Hello Kieren,

Thank you for your reply.

Can you please tell me how to re-partition your hard drive (sda) manually?

Please note that I have never partition a hard drive before, so if you can, please be as descriptive as possible.

Thank you very much

Goude

[Kieren]

When you install you should have the option to format your harddrive.

Personally I have a 80GB harddrive for my installation. 2GB for swap and the rest for /

In the past I've had 2GB for swap, 20GB for / and the rest for /home

You should search google for linux partitions and research what's best for you

[goude]

Here is the output I get, if I run fdisk -l :

Device Systems

/dev/sda1 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 W95 Exte'd( LBA)
/dev/sda5 Linux swap /Solaris
/dev/sda6 Linux
/dev/sda7 Linux
/dev/sda8 Linux
/dev/sda9 Linux

[goude]

When I put the Linux dvd in, I got the following options:

1) Boot from hard disk
2) Installation
3) Installation ACPI Disabled
4) Installation Local ACPI Disabled
5) Installation Safe Settings
6) Rescue System
7) Memory Test

I chose 2) and it did not ask me to if I want to format my dis.

Any suggestions?

[Kieren]

What distribution of Linux are you useing openSUSE?

[goude]

yes, SUSE 10.1

[devils casper]

I dont think you need to re-install or do anything like that.
Post the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab files here.

[Kieren]

Maybe just unmount and reformat the partitions from your main instalation?