Ibook g3 wont boot after trying to install classic

I have an ibook that has a missing keyboard...a usb keyboard worked fine, until i tried to install classic by dragging the system folder from my cdrom of os 9 to the drive and choosing it to boot from it in startup disk preferences...now it wont boot..holding c wont work, trying to clear the pram wont work, not even getting into the open firmware will work...nothing...PLEASE HELP ME!! thanks in advance and sorry for being too long winded..i just really love this ibook and wish i wasnt so dumb in my actions...

Hello,
Try booting to safe mode http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455?viewlocale=en_US.
Once in the OS change the startup disk preferences back to OS X

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