Computer frozen /mouse frozen on G4 in 10.2.2

I use my old G4 for storage and old files I need.
It went to sleep and would not come back up. I turned it off by using the start button on the computer held for 5 seconds.
it came up but mouse frozen in the left corner.
I opened the cd holder and put in the first disk of the jaguar on 10.2.2 and killed the computer with the start botton again. Then I booted up. Same problem. I could not use mouse so could not go to the disk repair.
My hard drive is partitioned to have os 9 and os 10.
I tried a safe boot. no luck wiht mouse moving I tried holding down the c key with the os 10 install disk 1 of 2 in, it only comes up as a window and doesn't boot from the cd.
I tried apple-tab.
now I can't eject the install disk and I can't get mouse to work and I am sunk. No chimes of doom, everything boots like normal, looks normal but the mouse won't move.
Can I at least find a way to open the cd holder and take out the install disk?
Any suggestions? i don't want to reinstall the system as the purpose is to use this computer to get to os 9 apps I need for work + as a storage disk- I use my macbook pro for other stuff.
if I reinstall the system, I have to get the install disk out or to at least boot in the system on the disk...
g4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

update:
I got the computer to come up in the installation software (after 5 minutes) by holding down c key, but I still can't mover the mouse to get to the install button to install a new system.

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