The questions I'm going to get to and need answers for, based on the
details to follow are
1) What did I do wrong(other than using an MS-operating system, that's
just a series of unfortunate events which are unavoidable)?
As a rule of thumb don't install Windows AFTER a BSD / Linux. It really could
care less about boot partitions. Windows2000 and XP you can modify the
bootloader to load BSD, but I don't know about Win98. It's been a LONG
time :)
2) Do I have any viable options other than just reinstalling at
this point (in which case, I might as well just go with 5.3
and be done with it)?
Probably your partition is still there, it just doesn't know how to get to it.
I don't remember the specifics, but you should be able to just rebuild the
boot MBR.
3) Will this happen again if I need to reinstall Win98se? What if
I install XP? Do I need to make any adjustments to my fdisk
partitions ward off problems in the future?
In this day an age if you HAVE to have Windows, then XP is the only way to go.
4) Is there any action I can take to help prevent others from
experiencing the pain I have just unwittingly inflicted on myself?
Install Windows first and then BSD. If you have to install afterwards, the XP
bootloader is pretty painless if you want to have a option to boot FreeBSD
from it.
Henrik
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Henrik Hudson
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fishing and just standing on
the shore like an idiot.
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