Question : Problem: How to connect a CD-ROM to an old 486?

I've got an old 486DX/50 Mhz lying around that I want to upgrade a bit and give to my son to play with.  I recently replaced the old 4x CD-ROM in my Pentium system with a 24x, and I want to install the 4x in the 486.  The IDE connectors on the motherboard are in use (by the 3.5" floppy drive, and the 528 MB harddrive), so I got hold of an ISA IDE card to which to connect the CD-ROM.  There is already an available power cable.
So I hook everything up and boot the system, and I get a Drive 1 error message.  Then I get a message which asks me if I want to go into Setup or press Enter to continue.  The same thing happens whether the CD-ROM jumper switch is set to master or to slave mode.  It appears to me that the boot process thinks I am trying to add a second hard drive and is looking for me to specify the drive type.  I tried changing setup to Automatic Detect on hard drive 1 (the second hard drive), and that didn't work either.
I'm thinking it shouldn't be this hard to install a CD-ROM.  Do I have to replace the BIOS chip (flash BIOS this isn't)? Am I just doing something dumb?  Should a get another IDE cable with 2 connectors, forget the IDE controller card,
and connect both the existing hard drive and the CD-ROM to the the IDE connector on the motherboard?  Any thoughts or suggestions out there?

Answer : Problem: How to connect a CD-ROM to an old 486?

Bob,
Glad to be able to help.  I'll bet there was a little bit of "persuasion" at your end to get the thing running.(your son)
I know how my kids keep after me whenever there is a problem with their computers!
Best regards,
Ralph