HB2, if the CD-ROM in the system is a CR562B, this is not an IDE CD-ROM. It will have a 40 pin cable identical to an IDE cable, but the jumper on the drive doesn't set master/slave, it sets drive number (up to 4). It connects to a Panasonic interface.

The suggestion to temporarily connect an IDE CD-ROM is a good one. Use KWB Teck's link to get the boot disk files for Win 9x and the ATAPI driver, installing Windows will be much faster. Once installed, try re-connecting the CR562, and if the interface on the sound card is one that doesn't need software initialisation, Windows will find the CD and install it's own CR562 driver. I've used this method myself, but with genuine SoundBlaster cards. If it works but Windows doesn't have sound drivers, there's a selection here: http://www.oaktech.com/legacy_drivers/audtech.html

It's becoming increasingly impractical to set up this old gear for current Windows... <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

On the driver floppy disk, if the SETUP and INSTALL files are called SETUP.BAT and INSTALL.BAT (which it looks like) they are trying to run the Win 3.1 setup program. Don't do this once Win 9x is installed as it may cause problems.