CDROM seen as floppy during install

[ism1lll@ismd.ups.com (Larry Loreman)]

Debian 2.0 installation recognizes my CDROM drive as a floppy.

The message:

    NEC CDROM Drive,260 ATAPI CDROM or Floppy? Assume floppy

Can this be adjusted from the shell level, or am I stuck trying
to do the install from floppies?

I get the same error if I boot DOS and boot from the CD, or
boot from the installation floppy.

System Background
Gateway P5-60 non bootable CDROM :-(
Quantum 3.2 GB disk (master)
WD 540MB disk (slave)
NEC CDROM
Floppy
Debian 2.0

Thanks

Larry Loreman
lll@ismd.ups.com