How do I eject a disc when keyboard won't?

I was trying to update to snow leopard and am now stuck on apple symbol with twirling status and cannot eject the disc. Any help?

I saw my question elsewhere and tried the suggestion and it worked.
Rebooted Computer and Held down the mouse button at the same time... it worked!

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