The world symbol means '''it's trying to network boot''' - (That age machine will not boot from an external USB drive - it must be a FireWire {IEEE 1394} drive). You may have bad cables/connectors failed drives connected at the HD and optical points. IF you'' share a System folder on your network ''it should show it as a boot source. That would allow you to proceed and see what else might be wrong.
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