Power Mac disc stuck in my G4 Cube

yes, that is what has happened. a OS 10 disk of my powerbook G5 i put in my G4 Cube, (since the i wanted my Cube to be able to connect to my iPhone, it needed at least 10 4.1, and it's running on os 10 3.9)
when i put it in and restarted computer and pressed C on the restart, up came some jibberish cripted language saying it couldn't find drivers for the Cube. but now i don't know how to edject the disc out of my Cube....!
is a button i press other than edject??

Yeah, using another Mac's install CD is a big no no! Not only does it not work, but it is also in breech of the user licence agreement. If the suggestion of restarting while holding down the mouse key doesn't work you can also try to burn some data to disc either by using Toast (if you have it) or buy creating a new burn folder and burning it. When you click 'burn' it will eject the nefarious disc. You can buy 10.4 (Tiger) discs online quite cheaply if you hunt around.
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