CD Drive Button Issue

On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 13:10 -0600, z wrote:
> fedora list states to put "dev.cdrom.lock = 0" in /etc/sysctl.conf and
> reloading with sysctl -p 
> 
> this works for me, but i'm no expert and not sure if this affects the
> system in anyway.
> i've been able to open nautilus viewing contents of cdrom...and then
> pressing the eject button on the cdrom and the files clear when
> ejecting. from my standpoint....so far so good. anybody else care to
> look and try? btw, i tried this on my hoary system, will try on breezy
> later.

Does this also work well on laptops that seem to have a mechanical eject
like the old floppy drives???  I would be concerned about that.