Won't Start/  Start-up disk full/ How to open CD Tray manually

UGH. I was duplicating a catalog in Adobe Lightroom, and wasn't in the room. It tried to tell me that the start-up disc was full, but I didn't respond, and it came on several more times, finally crashing the computer. Now it won't start up. I get the chime, the grey screen with apple, then black screen with the following....
/etc/master.passswd: Invalid argument
Missing Self ID for node 2!
node 3!
node 1!
I THINK I need to get in and clear out some of the start-up disc. I tried to start it as a target, but it did nothing. If I could get the CD Tray out, maybe I could use my Disk Warrior, but I don't know how to do it manually- is there a Paperclip trick on the metallic G5s that have the sliding-down door?
HELP!

You can eject the tray by holding the mouse button down while it boots. Try a USB mouse & keyboard if you have one, but a bluetooth one should work.
If the mac is booting correctly you should get a dialog asking you to pair the mouse & keyboard if the OS cannot detect one that is paired. I think some startup key combinations work via bluetooth.
A known working USB keyboard is really the answer if you need to trouble shoot startup issues I'm afraid.

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