Switched from OS9 to OSX... nothing. Ooops. Help?

I have a G4, with OS9 and OSX Panther. I switched from 9 (which works great) to X, rebooted, and now all I get is the grey slash-through-circle. Rebooting doesn't help. I got the computer used so I don't have either OS install disks.
I'm certain this is an easy fix, but apparently I'm kinda stupid. Thanks for your advice. -john
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G4 Mac OS X (10.1.x)

hello john
first of all, as its a used unit, you probably may want to have the removable stuff such as the RAM checked out. OSX does require a lil' more ram than OS9.
another useful thing to do would be to clean it out after taking the back out, please dont remove anything without refering to the users manual. (this can also be easily downloaded from the web). check that nothing is damaged or burned out, if it is, you may get a return on your gurrantee.
if all else fails im afraid you may have to purchase a new unit. probably a resonable cheap mac mini.
i hope this helped your query.

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