D'oh! What fool am I - stuck CD trying to install OSX over OS9 on old iMac.

Have just been given a turqouise(?) iMac which was running OS9 perfectly well.
Never having used anything other than OS X I decided to try installing that to the iMac using the OS X install discs that came with my MacBook. What a disaster! So far OS X is not installed - probably no surprise?
On boot-up I get the chimes, then the Mac hangs. The first and last lines of a fairly long message are:
First Line:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002E54BC): Unable to find driver for this platform: PowerMac2,1
Last line:
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3 Wed Oct 18 22:00:38 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/Release_PPC panic. We are hanging here . . .
And the OSX install disc won't eject. I've tried all the various combinations mentioned on other posts to get a stuck disc out - all to no avail.
Have I wrecked this iMac? Can I fix it - how? Can I get my install disc out without taking a hammer to the iMAc?
Any words of wisdom (and/or admonishment) gladly received.
Regards,
David
Black MacBook 2.1, iMac G4, Turqouise iMac G?? Mac OS X (10.4.9) Think I've killed the Turqouise iMac. Shame on me.

The usual remedy for ejecting a CD is to turn the computer off, then start up as usual while holding the mouse button down.
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