I shall explain my evening in one xkcd strip...

Except instead of installing BSD, I was trying to make the HotSynch feature on my Palm work properly. Mobipocket was what was hanging it up, so I deleted it off my desktop and palm, after backing up all my books. But then HotSynch still wouldn't work to install the damn Mobipocket - so I deleted the Palm stuff, thinking I could re install from a download. Nope. Installshield wouldn't do something or other with the runtime. So, dug up the original CD, futzed around with resetting the damn thing THREE FREAKING TIMES, and it looks like it might finally work. I hope...