What keyboard input are you using to attempt to boot the DVD, the "C"
or the "Option" or both? Have you tried the USB ports on the front &
the back for the keyboard? If you've removed the HD, and have the DVD
in the optical drive, then it should default to the DVD to boot. Once
the DVD boots, you can use Startup Disk on the DVD to select the DVD
as the startup disk, and this should write this preference to NVRAM,
and then when you replace the HD it should still boot to the DVD.
You are correct, something is very amiss if it won't accept keyboard
commands such as Cmd-Opt-O-F to reset the NVRAM. Since you removed the
PRAM battery the NVRAM should be reset already, but something isn't
right. Once you boot the DVD, I'd run Disk Utility on the HD before
selecting it as the boot drive in Startup Disk.
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