Ntloader missing and can't get dsl working in Ubuntu

[Richard Querin]

Ok, this is now getting tiring...

1. I finally got Ubuntu installed and working (thanks to all for the 
partitioning advice). Grub comes up and gives me the alternate choice of 
using XP. When I pick it I get an 'ntloader missing' message and it won't 
boot XP. Grub is installed to the /boot partition and I didn't overwrite the 
MBR.

2. The second problem that I have is that I'm a complete linux newbie and I 
can't get my DSL working. I didn't write down all my IP info back when I had 
XP booting (my bad). When I installed Suse 9.2 several months ago, it was 
able to let me enter my ISP login information (address and password) with a 
nice dialog - I didn't have to manually enter any IP's or anything. I did 
notice that Ubuntu could NOT set up my DHCP during install, so I skipped 
this setup portion. Is this maybe the problem as far as connecting to my 
dsl? I can activate my eth0 device but I have no IP address info for it. 
Also I saw that there is a ppoe..something that I can run from a terminal 
but I think you require all that IP info for that as well. Suse *never* 
asked me for that stuff. 

Obviously I need to solve problem 1. to get XP booting again, but 2. is a 
problem as well because I can't even get online from ubuntu to solve the 
problem and have to do it here from work.

Also, I never reset my adsl modem or unplugged the cable during all of my 
many re-installations of ubuntu.

BTW, this mailing list has been an absolute godsend for me so far - thanks 
to all.

Thanks, RQ
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