[amcbase]

I have X installed on the same partition as 9.1 on a Powerbook G4. I wanted to try a DVD so I 1) inserted the DVD in the drive and 2) went to the preference control panel and under "Classic" selected the "restart in classic" option. I then shut down the machine. Since then, cannot restart at all. The disk icon appears with a ? symbol. I have tried starting while holding the Command key, as well as cmd-option-P-R to no avail... I cannot boot using the CD rom since the DVD is in the drive and there is no way to eject it. Any help???????

Try holding down the trackpad button on startup and see if that ejects the disc. Holding down the mouse button on older systems used to eject floppies on startup.

If not, the simplest solution would be for you to get a paper clip and push it into the small opening right next to your dvd drive until your disc ejects. It's difficult to see unless you look for it, but it's there and it was expressly created for situations such as this.

For details, refer to your manual - it's all in there.

Hope that helps, and good luck!

[Gametes]

I'm gonna go ahead and move this one on over to Usage & Support.
Click through to find your thread.