TROUBLE BOOTING MAC OS 10.3.2

I am having trouble booting my powerbook g3 pismo to the mac os. when i start it up, it has the apple logo, then after about 3 seconds it goes to a circle with a line through the middle!!! what are possible causes for this?? How can i fix this?? thanks -roger

roger,
"well when i bought it last week it had 10.3.2 on it..."
How do you know that?
"It did not come with any install disks or system disks however,..."
Can you contact the seller, and request that they be provided?
"I have an OS 10.2 install disk which I previously purchased."
Do they look like THESE?
If the Firmware Update, was not applied, prior to the installation of OS X, there could be problems.
As you really don't know the condition of the system, it's difficult to diagnose where the problem lies.
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