Kelmar
Done by choice
so do i need to update to 2.2 before i load custom rom or just drop the rom file on sd card and go into recover and click load update or whatever?
If you want to install a froyo ROM you'll need to DL the DK28 modem and use Odin to install it. Search on xda for it (or I can get you a link tomorrow).
Alternately, you could do the update.zip method (which will unroot your phone AND update the modem).