Two Hard Drive Issues? (You only need to solve one...)

[sweebez]

Hey, I threw the new release into my computer and low and behold... not much happens.

I have two IDE hard drives to try, a quantum fireball cx 20gb, and a Maxtor D740X-6L 20gb.
I usually run an xp on a SATA drive, which i always unplug before trying any of this osx stuff.
I ran CPU-Z, and I got this information about my a1250n computer:
http://www.geocities.com/sweebezhtml/cpuz.htm

1. When i put in the Quantum Fireball, I just get the "Still waiting for root device" error over and over.
2. When i put in the Maxtor, I get one "root device" error message before it continues right on into the osx install screen; the disk boots all the way to the Disk Utility screen, wherein the drive is not recognized for formatting.

Both disks are set as masters and are unformatted.
There is only one disk connected to the pc at a time.


Can you fix either of these issues?
Thanks!

Zachary