Strangest screenshot ever. Please help decipher on my iBook G4 Mac 10.4.11

When I tried to install a new hard drive on my iBook G4, I got this crazy image. When I then tried to boot up from the 10.4 DVD, I got the same image. Please help me identify what the heck it is and why I'm getting it. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks. Randy
http://www.crossviewchurch.com/weird_image.html

I had a similar occurrence recently when I booted from a G4 cloned drive on my G5, and I'd not had a Wireless mouse ever installed on either.
I think it happens when it doesn't find a USB Mouse or the ABD/USB Trackpad right off.
I think I fixed mine by unplugging/pluggin the USB Mouse, but there may have been other steps that I've forgotten.

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Strangest screenshot ever. Please help decipher on my iBook G4 Mac 10.4.11

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