[jderosa3]

I just bought off of ebay a SuperDrive for my powerbook G4 Al... I installed this drive and just had my macmini install disc nearby... so to just check if the drive will boot I tossed it in... well it will boo it but I get a kernal panic... probably because that install disc was for an intel machine and not a powerpc...

anyways.. I can't get the disc to eject now and even tried to hold down the trackpad button and a mouse button while boot up and still no luck... any other ideas... I can't get this disc out of my drive...

[amazing]

You're in luck, because your PB G4 can start up in Open Firmware. Here's the link

Mac OS X 10.4 Help: Ejecting a CD or DVD when all else fails

To eject a disc using firmware:

Restart the computer.
When you hear the startup sound, press and hold the Command-Option-O-F keys. (The Command key has an Apple on it.)
Release the keys when you see a white welcome screen.
At the prompt, type:
eject cd

Press Return, then wait a few seconds. The disc drive should eject the disc, and "ok" appears on the screen when the action is complete.
Type:
mac-boot

Press Return.

If that doesn't work, maybe the ebay purchase was a dud?

[jderosa3]

I tried that and it tells me "can't OPEN or EJECT drive" I guess this means I have a dud huh?

I will get a return on this drive... and maybe buy an actual apple drive...

thanks for the tip

[amazing]

sorry, it does sound remarkably dud-like...

tell you what, why don't you just assemble an external firewire/usb 2.0 case ($50) and Pioneer 18X burner ($35) because you'll have something that will even burn dual-layer. Plus it will be much, much, much faster than any internal burner. When you burn 4.5 GB at 16x you're talking in the 5-6 minutes versus around 15-20 minutes with a laptop burner. I've got a Combo in my 12" PB, but I always use the external firewire, it's way faster.

Plus you'll be able to take the burner with you to your next laptop, whereas anything you put in the laptop at this point, you're never gonna recover.