Save the file as 95-userpolicy.fdi in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<!-- optical drives -->
<match key="block.device" string="/dev/sr0">
<match key="volume.is_disc" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.should_mount" type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.desired_mount_point" type="string">dvdrw</merge>
</match>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
/dev/sr0 is the 1st ide cdrom/dvdrom - edit it to your choice
dvdrw - the mount point i choose.. edit it aswell (it shouldn't exist in /media)