I don't know about dual boot of two linux distros... but i did try
suse a year ago and found it's package management poor compared with
another rpm distro - both of those poor compared with ubuntu's apt not
to want to consider it further. I've found over 2.5 yrs that ubuntu is
not #1 for nothing!

> Here is another question. I like using the graphical interface. If I check out
my Hd0 drive I can find menu.lst. I can't 'view or edit it' because I don't have
permission. Short of using a terminal screen how can I either change the
permission of the menu.lst on Hd0 or at least view the file.Suse allows me to
look at the suse menu.lst on Hd1 and allows me to change it if desired since I
am the owner.

Go to the file browser--Properties and right click on a
file--Permissions and select. Alternatively chmod on the terminal.
There are two ways of setting permissions - alphabetical, numerical
and the gui - numerical imho is the easiest. I've only found one book
that explains it all really well "Linux Phrasebook" by Scott Granneman
- small paperback cheap and very cheerful! It covers a lot of things
for beginners really well which others don't. I'll explain further
this evening if you want with some examples. I don't think permissions
is easy to understand until you've worked through the different
methods with examples.

> My apologies if this is overly long or convoluted. I am not a new user but I
still do not fully understand Linux enough to make my questions short and more
to the point.

I don't consider my knowledge more than intermediate level but for
what it's worth stick with one linux distro as they do vary on the
command line [commands not just the sudo/su] and it's worth avoiding
confusion until quite a bit of experience is gained. The "Linux pocket
guide" by Daniel Barrett instead of the larger "Linux in a nutshell"
is good value too. If you have a spare pc use it for testing before
you mess up your main machine and need to reinstall. If you really
want to learn linux and have the time install slackware or gentoo -
one of the distros that you compile and build from scratch.[That is
what i'm trying to find the time to do... but don't get round to it].