->         Another problem reared its ugly head a few days ago. This old
->         P166 will not see the CD-ROM anymore. If I use an ERD with the
->         OAK CD loader, ( Load DOS with CD capability )there it is so
->         the device and connections are good. Looking at System, I see

 On older systems running win95 I have had the CD disappear
misteriously also. 
As a temporary measure you can always put the Entries in the
Autoexec.bat and config.sys files just like it is on the ERD. 
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