Powerbook G4 will not install OS X

Hey guys, so my sister gave me her old Powerbook G4 15inch 1.5 ghz. She had a lot of stuff on it and I had the great idea of reinstalling the system software and starting fresh. I did the following:
1) Started up in Target Disk Mode
2) Plugged it into my friend Macbook with OS X 10.5 installed
3) Repartitioned the powerbook's harddrive as MacOS Extended and checked the "Install os 9 drivers" option
So everything formatted and the hard drive is empty. So now I try to install OS X 10.5 from my install DVD and the laptop spits it right back out after a minute or so. My sister doesn't have her original disks, so I borrow my friends OS X 10.3 install CD's. When I start up the computer will begin to read the disks and then the grey screen with the apple logo comes up, about a minute later the logo changes from the apple to a "DO NOT ENTER" that circle with a line thru it, sign.
This is where I'm at.. Can ANYONE PLEASE help... If I just start up the computer it will only get as far as a grey screen with a blue folder that switches from the little blue face thingy to a question mark and back...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
JP

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
It sounds like you do may not be using the right discs. If you want to install Leopard, you will need the retail DVD--black with the purple aurora. If you want to install the original OS (Panther?), you need the exact install discs for the PowerBook. If you don't have these, you can call Apple with the serial number and get a replacement set for a fee.
Any other gray machine specific discs will simply not work. These are optimized for the computer they were shipped with.
The ?/Mac face just reflects the fact that the drive you erased is empty and there is no OS on it.
The idea of erasing and reinstalling the system software is basically a good idea. It just sounds like you are trying to use the wrong discs and will need to try to acquire the right ones.
Good luck!

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