How to stop booting from network

I must have changed my preferences to boot from network on accident, and I cannot get out of it...I tried holding down the Option key, and I STILL get the flashing globe.
Prior to this I was able to boot fine. I am in the process of wiping my HD, and reinstalling the OS. The only thing is that the optical drive is broken, so I need to do this from a USB drive. I have a USB drive prepared.
When I go went to System Preferences, the USB drive never showed up under bootable disks.
NOW, I can't even boot, because I get the flashing globe FOR EVER!!!
PLEASE HELP!
Mac Mini G4, 10.4.11

Andy:
Here are step by step directions for booting the install disk in FW-TDM:
• Boot the Mac with working optical drive in Firewire Target Disk Mode.
• Insert install disk into Target Computer's optical drive.
• Connect computers via firewire cable
• Option Boot computer to which you want to install.
• Select Install Disk for startup and click on the straight arrow.
• Proceed with Installation
cornelius
PS: Just thought this might still be a problem if you can't option boot. Try it anyway.

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