Cannot boot after burning the Lion install image to DVD or USB

No Lion install has been performed after the download. I tried burning the image InstallESD.dmg to a DVD, and also restored the image to a USB drive. The results are the same when I hold down the option key upon restart and select either the DVD or the USB drive. I get the gray linen screen while the little circle of dashes spins, and two pictures alternate forever. A picture of a trackpad (with an arrow pointing to the power button) followed by a picture of what looks like a cpu tower, again with a switch in the upper right corner looking like a power button. My trackpad and Mac Pro are obviously powered on, so what is wrong? Any ideas?

Works fine following these DVD boot directions made for the same model of Mac, perhaps your disk isn't good or you missed something.
http://eggfreckles.net/notes/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/
http://www.yourdailymac.net/2011/06/how-to-create-a-bootable-mac-os-x-lion-insta llation-usb-stick-or-external-hard-drive/

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