Problem with Floppy

[shadowagent]

Recently, I started to put together a computer with some spare parts. I used a 235w power supply/case, a P2-300, a All-In-Wonder, SB Awe 64, and some cd-rom drive. I put in a brand new 13GB Maxtor hard drive. The hard drive and the CD-rom(if I have it connected) are detected, but then I get "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" so I put in the disk(the Maxtor Plus formating disk) an press enter and then I get "DISK ERROR". I've tried 3 different floppies, 2 different cables, another motherboard, and also a LS-120(so I know that the floppies and cables are not to blame). I always get the same error. I'am thinking it might either be my hard drive or power supply(not enough power for everything, although I did disconnect the CD-rom).

Could someone please help!

thanx

 

[bacillus]

did you fdisk,partition & make a partition active before trying to format?
why not format with the ms format command instead of the Maxtor Plus formating disk?

 

[Pederv]

Is the floppy in the boot order? Is boot from floppy enabled? Will the motherboard recognize the 13GB?