Start up issue... A flashing ? PLEASE HELP

:-/ Can anyone help??
I have a g4 power mac that runs on os9 & osX. Whilst running a scanner in os9 the mac crashed and i have not been able to restart since.... all I get is a FLASHING ?.
I have;
*rest the PRAM,
*started the mac up with a CD holding down C key.. gone to disk utilities and verified the computer... everything was ok,
* started the mac up holding down X key to reboot in osX,
*rebooted holding down the option key... I get the correct screen with a cicular arrow and a straight arrow but there are no startup drives to select.
Is my G4 Mac...DOOMED?? Can anyone suggest anything to get it started? Will I be able to retrieve the work i have done?

Thanks for the help everyone... Gary was correct in the problem was that it couldn't recognise the startup OS. Due to it crashing in OS9 it damaged a file extension and couldn't see the path back to OSX as well as not recognising the OS9CD.
In the end I had to take relunctantly to the local apple dealer in the end paying 65pounds for the privelage.
Luckily it was as simple as starting the G4 up using an external hard drive connected by firewire running OSX Tiger as the startup OS & deleting the offending file extension and reinstalling it.
Thankfully it didn't cost 100's of pounds!!
Best regards to all that contributed in trying to help.

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