How do you NOT start up from the install disk if it is in the CD drive?

This has to be a dumb question, but . . . I put my 10.4 install disk into the CD drive of the Mini to try an experiment, installing OS X on a thumb drive as a backup.  It didn't work. Now the Mini will only start up from the install disk, not the internal drive (which has 10.5.8 on it). 
The advice I have seen in the forum says to hold down the D key upon startup and that will choose the internal drive as the startup disk. That didn't work. Also, there was a suggestion to hold down the option key upon startup, and then choose the internal drive from the startup manager. No luck there, either.  I also tried holding down the eject button on the keyboard during startup, but it still started up from the install disk. 
I feel like I am in a 1 Infinite Loop here.  Any advice much appreciated.
Jim

Oops, I will now answer my own dumb question.  I found another suggestion in the Powerbook forum that said to hold down the mouse button as it boots up, and the disk should eject -- it worked!  I hope this will help somebody else.  Sorry about the previous post.

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