I have a stuck OS disk. I've tried all of the tricks. Any other ideas? Thanks

Get ready for a laugh. I was attempting a fresh install on a PPC iMac and inadvertently used the OS disk from my Intel machine. Now the disk is stuck, and the machine can't seem to get to a point where the disk is available. (It gets to the point past the language selection with a the standard wall paper and "Mac OS X Installer" in the upper left corner next to the apple icon).
I've tried the mouse and option keys during start up. I've tried the disk utilities route. The drive wont unmount. I've tried the terminal mode. Any other suggestions?

Could be a hardware problem. Some dvd drives have a eject button. Mine is hidden behind some foam. duck tape?
Shut down the Mac, then power it up, and before the screen lights up, quickly hold down the Command, Option, P, and R keys, until the Mac has chimed twice more after the powerup chime.
Then, before the screen lights up, hold down Command-Option-O-F until the Open Firmware screen appears.
How to eject a cd from the internal cd drive:
eject cd
List of devices:
devalias
List of variables:
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Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
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Step 1
Quit Calendar. Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache
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