/etc/master.passsword/: no such password or file

I bought a G4 Cube. I threw away several files of which I THOUGHT that they were trash (the first owner experimented with al kind of stuff without knowledge) ... and I'm not an expert to . All the files stood in the root of the harddisk and I never saw them on my G5.
At starting up, the Cube-screen tells on a black background:
/etc/master.password/ no such file or directory
/etc/master.password/ no such file or directory
-sh-2.05b#.
I tried to restart with a 10.3-DVD ... without result.
Who can tell me what to do.
John
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Cube Mac OS X (10.3)

Use a retail set of Mac OS X installation disks to perform an Archive & Install of Mac OS X. You may find that an Open Firmware password has been set on the machine; to tell, hold down the Option key at startup and check if the screen you see has a padlock icon. If so, contact the person who sold you the machine and get the password from them. If not or if you have the password, restart with the Option key held down if you aren't currently seeing the screen, insert the first or only Mac OS X installation disk, push the button with the curly arrow, click on the CD's icon, and then the button with the straight arrow.
You should not delete items outside of your home folder if you're not sure what the item's purpose is.
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