Mini: Way To Force Eject A CD On Start-up?

[chopper]

I'm now working on a friend's G4 Mac Mini which he took apart partially and then handed to me. He figured that the hard drive had failed so he removed it.

I put it back in and put the Mini back together as best I could. I grabbed what I thought was the Install/Hardware CD and put it in when it fired up but now look and I actually slid in the Mac Os9 mini install CD. And it won't eject. I get just the gray sort of start up screen and it never goes anywhere no matter how long I press C on start up.

So, is there a way to force eject a CD from a Mini?

Thanks

[blusubaru]

If the mouse is hardwired (not bluetooth or other wireless) hold the mouse button at start-up.

[mstudio]

Try restarting while holding down the mouse button.

[chopper]

Thanks. Tried it but "no dice" as Bronson used to say. Maybe it's because I am using a Logitech trackball?

[MacMagus]

Wired USB keyboard?

Hold down Apple+Option+O+F on startup to get the Open Firmware prompt.

When you get to the prompt, enter...

eject cd

When it has ejected the disc, type this to continue...

mac-boot

[chopper]

I now get a 0> can't get open eject device message ....

Any ideas?

Chop

[MacMagus]

> can't get open eject device message

I don't know what you're trying to say.

You type "eject cd" at the prompt (without the quotes) and then tap the key and it gives you an error message?

[karsen]

FROM MACFIXIT:

Use Disk Utility to eject The first and simplest method, if you only want to unmount a single volume on the disk, is to use Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities. In Disk Utility, simply select the volume you want to unmount and click Eject.



Hold Down the mouse button at startup In some cases holding down a connected mouse button at startup will cause a misbehaving optical drive to eject its media.

Unfortunately, this method will not work if you are using a Bluetooth keyboard.

Also, for Xserve users, make sure that the machine is unlocked (using the included allen wrench) before holding down the mouse key during startup.



Boot into Open Firmware and eject If you have a Mac that will not startup properly and has a stuck disc, try booting into Open Firmware by holding down Command, Option, O key and F key during startup. After booting into Open Firmware, type the command eject-cd.




Using the Terminal There are two commands that can be used in the Terminal (located in Applications/Utilities) which can be used to force disk ejection:

The first command to try is drutil tray eject. Simply type in this command and press return.

The other method takes a little more work but can work in instances where the first method fails.

1. Type the command drutil list into the Terminal and press return . This will provide a list of all currently connected removable devices. [ScreenShot 1-DiskEject] -- connect FireWire/USB drives for this
2. Use the command drutil tray eject 1

In the above command, the number "1" should be replaced with whatever drive number you obtained in the first step.