Not restarting; loud beeping when attempting to restart

I was running a DVD on my macbook when it froze. after doing everything I could to restart it (force quit, trying to eject the disc, etc.), I shut down my computer to restart it. Now every time I try to turn it on, it goes to the gray screen (without the apple sign), and makes a loud beeping noise I've never heard a Mac make, only PCs. It beeps three times, then pauses, then repeats. It does this if I'm running on battery or if it's plugged into the power adapter.
Is there some way I can eject the disc? Would this help? Or is this beyond my (poor) computer skills and do I need to take it in to the experts?

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MEM - memory error
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AsyncScheduler: scheduling task for asynchronous execution
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Using archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/1498ef4c9557164d69523e5aec4c78ce [83/4524]
Using backup name: 1498ef4c9557164d69523e5aec4c78ce
Import of duplicity.backends.sshbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.rsyncbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.botobackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.webdavbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.hsibackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.localbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.ftpsbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.giobackend Failed: No module named gio
Import of duplicity.backends.ftpbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.cloudfilesbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.u1backend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.tahoebackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.imapbackend Succeeded
Import of duplicity.backends.gdocsbackend Succeeded
Main action: inc
================================================================================
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Using temporary directory /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir
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0507T060530Z.sigtar.part', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol1.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol2.difftar.g
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0120507T060530Z.vol5.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol6.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol7.d
ifftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol8.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol9.difftar.gpg', 'duplicit
y-full.20120507T060530Z.vol10.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol11.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T0605
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g', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol15.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol16.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.
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plicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol22.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol23.difftar.gpg', 'duplicity-full.2012050
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File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.manifest.part is not part of a known set; creating new set
File duplicity-full-signatures.20120507T060530Z.sigtar.part is not part of a known set; creating new set
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File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol7.difftar.gpg is part of known set
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File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol12.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol13.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol14.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol15.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol16.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol17.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol18.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol19.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol20.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol21.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol22.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol23.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol24.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol25.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol26.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol27.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol28.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol29.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol30.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol31.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol32.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol33.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol34.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol35.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol36.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol37.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol38.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol39.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol40.difftar.gpg is part of known set
File duplicity-full.20120507T060530Z.vol41.difftar.gpg is part of known set
Found backup chain [Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012]-[Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012]
Last full backup left a partial set, restarting.
Last full backup date: Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012
Collection Status
Connecting with backend: SftpBackend
Archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/1498ef4c9557164d69523e5aec4c78ce
Found 0 secondary backup chains.
Found primary backup chain with matching signature chain:
Chain start time: Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012
Chain end time: Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012
Number of contained backup sets: 1
Total number of contained volumes: 41
Type of backup set: Time: Num volumes:
Full Sun May 6 23:05:30 2012 41
No orphaned or incomplete backup sets found.
RESTART: Volumes 41 to 42 failed to upload before termination.
Restarting backup at volume 41.
Registering (mktemp) temporary file /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir/mktemp-Fx_YTQ-2
^CRemoving still remembered temporary file /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir/mktemp-Fx_YTQ-2
Removing still remembered temporary file /tmp/duplicity-OjWCPd-tempdir/mkstemp-GZ2ieI-1
INT intercepted...exiting.
Does anyone have some experience with this? It's a fairly good sized backup (well, for me at least) so I'd really hate to have to start over every time one fails!
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Last edited by firecat53 (2012-05-08 18:23:19)

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