Powermac G5 - unable to boot from Cd

Hi, all!
I oicked a Powermac G5 (2003) which had the hard disk removed. So I bought a 160 GB SATA hard drive and put it in. Then I bought the original MAC OS X v 10.2 install Cd's. So far it seemed that this was all I needed to make it run. Unfortunately I can not get it to boot from The CD. All I get is the gray screen with the folder-shape smiley face alternating with the question sign.  I tried holding down the C key, also the Cmd+Opt+Shift+Del key combination but, the result was the same. I could load the Open Firmware and I tried to boot the cd using command: Boot cd:, \\:tbxi. This was the response: load-size=258b2 adler32=878490d1
Parsing <CHRP-BOOT>
Bootinfo is not compatible
I also proceded the NVRAM and PRAM reset, but didn't help.
I will apreciate any help or advice. Thanks in advance.

System software Mac OS X v10.2 “Jaguar”
Trouble that is true to a point, just not precise, any 10.2.x is Jaguar, but the 3rd digit can be all important, but this site is a lot more accurate...
http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_capability/mac-specs-by-machine-model-machine -id.html
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_1.6.html

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