Blue Earth Icon Blinking when starting my mac

I just installed Leopard, and I have a problem. My iMac G5 is not booting anymore, I get a blue earth icon (blinking). I have no clue what it means. But the mac will not boot.
Anybody has a clue what happening?

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hi
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