Boot camp 4 stuck at boot up

Hi
I have a Mac Pro 1,1 which I am trying to install Windows 7 on a boot camp partition.
Having burnt my ISO and inserted it into the drive and set bootcamp 4.04 going it has rebooted and when it has attempted to boot from the CD i get a black screen with the numbers 1. 2. and the command prompt select CD-ROM Boot Type with a flashing cursor indicating i should make a selection.
Although I have a keyboard in it isn't interacting with the Mac Pro (no lights on num or caps lock and no response from keys) so i can't make my choice or eject the DVD. Obviously this machine has no eject button so im struggling to get the disk out to allow the machine to boot properly.
Ive tried 2 known good USB keyboards but to no effect.
Any ideas forward on this one?
Thanks
John

The CD/DVD does not have relevant drivers for the Keyboard/Mouse. You can power cycle, hold the Alt key, and when you see the Bootmanager, click on the CD/DVD and press Alt/Eject.
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