You need to run a setup program from disk. I sent you a program called
"generic setup" to your return address. You need to get the program on your
hard drive first, or get a floppy to work first. Do you have a friend with a
laplink style program that could get it onto your machine? If he has a
serial cable, he can upload his laplink program to your computer and copy
the file over  for you. Otherwise, I would try removing the battery for a
while, I would expect that the BIOS default is with the floppy enabled. The
one I worked on had one 360 floppy and one 1.2 floppy as well as the hard
drive.

Let me know how you make out.

Karl


>Does anybody know how to access the BIOS setup utility on an
>IBM AT 286?  I've been working on one, and it refuses to
>recognize its floppy drives.  When I boot, it says BIOS
>options are not set and to run the setup utility.  It then
>boots off of the hard drive and refuses to read from the
>floppies.


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