How do I get the DVD drive to open at boot?

[elbirth]

I have a Mac Pro that's kernel panicking upon boot. I was going to try seeing if I could repair it before just reinstalling the OS, but I can't get the DVD drive to open. I have a Logitech Wave keyboard, but pressing the eject key combo isn't working (presumably since drivers for it aren't loaded).

How can I get it open to put in the install disc?

 

[drewsof07]

space bar, or hold down your left mouse button

 

[Guiyon]

Try holding down the left mouse button when you reboot. That should open up the drive tray.

 

[elbirth]

neither one of those are working for me...

 

[Consultant]

You can boot MBP into target disk mode and put the dvd in there, connect via firewire,
and on the MP hold Option (alt) on boot.

 

[xgman]

can't you just hold the OPT key down at boot and then press the eject button on the keyboard once the drives icon menu is visible?

 

[elbirth]

I tried the bit with OPT to see the boot drives and that didn't work either... I just called Apple support and the guy had me unplug all of my devices except the keyboard/mouse and it seems to boot fine until I plug in one of my firewire drives... that drive seems to somehow be the culprit

Thanks for the replies

 

[bmcgonag]

hold down the F12 key at boot...just before the C-Major startup sound. Keep holding until it ejects.