Can't install OSx 10.3 on my Power Mac G5

My G5's hard drive was wiped clean, and I went out and bought OSx 10.3 Panther. I have been trying to install it on my G5 for quite some time now. Every time I boot the computer it comes up with a gray screen with the apple logo in the center. It sits like that for a minute or so then switches to a screen with a circle with a diagonal line through it. I have tried booting while holding control c, the same thing happens. I have tried booting while holding the option key. This brings up a new screen with the name of the disk on it and two arrow buttons. One seems to restart the disk, and clicking the other sends it to the screen with the circle on it.
Any ideas on what I could try to do to get it to install?

Yes, G5s can run 10.4 or 10.5
Depends which G5 you have as to whether that Disc will work, earliest G5/1.6 came with 10.2.7, last ones came with 10.4.2 & would not be able to boot/install from any 10.3 Disc.
As far as I can tell, that is the Retail version 10.3.3, & for instance the PCI-X G5s came with 10.3.4, so not likely to boot from it either.
One person with the same symptoms but an iBook, was able to boot from it after resetting the PMU...
http://hintsforums.macworld.com/archive/index.php/t-67907.html
How to reset the SMU/PMU on a Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) or Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436
Earlier G3, G4, G5 models...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939

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