Strange icon-circle w/ diagonal line-starting up w/ Panther install disc 1

I just installed a new hard drive in my Powerbook G4; I used the Tiger upgrade disc to format the hard drive using disc utility. This proceeded without issue. Then, I restarted, ejected the Tiger upgrade disc and inserted Panther install disc 1; first I see the Apple logo, then all I see is a strange icon that looks like the universal icon for "do not" as used with traffic signs (a circle with a diagonal line) and that is it! What does this mean?

Hi Gary!
"...I used the Tiger upgrade disc to format the hard drive..."
May I ask why you used the Tiger disc, and not a Panther disc?
"I restarted with the original install disc containing 10.3.5 and the OS install worked fine,..."
Did you reformat the HD with this installation?
ali b

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