gonzoradio: if you are using syslinux why are you trying to look for grub? Edit syslinux.cfg
You're right, how ignorant of me. RTFM etc. Like i said, i answered me own question... Thank god for Vim for Windoze...
Thnx, now the samba thing (getting vista to mount my dsl share, ubuntu has no problem) and i'm set. smbpasswd problem i think. I'll search the networking forum
original here.