G4, 400Mhz, OS X, (10.4.6) Disk insertion not readable messsage.

I've installed an internal secondary hard drive, 120GB, Barracuda 7200 RPM to my G4 which contains a 10GB hard drive as master drive. I'm trying to install a second hard drive as a slave but I keep getting a Disk insertion not readable message. The computer recognizes the new HD but won't initailize. I tried swapping jumper location but to no avail. I'm at my wits end, please help.

That is an older G4... and Disk Utility launches, you try to use the Erase or Partition and it fails?
Master should be on the end of the IDE chain, as well as jumpered as master or even "master with slave."
Try booting from Tiger DVD with just the 120 GB drive, and set as master or master only. See if you can do it that way. Or just boot from DVD first and see if it will let you. Sometimes works.
Also, you could try setting both drives to Cable Select and see.
10GB was/is small and slow, you should see a real nice boost. If you want to add more drives, consider SATA and then you can use larger and faster drives.

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