[CentOS] How to disable hal's polling of CD-ROM drive in CentOS 5.1?

On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 10:29 -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
> Given that I hardly ever use the CD-ROM drive, it makes no sense to have 
> hal constantly polling it for new media.
> 
> How can I disable this polling in CentOS 5.1?
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Craig