diff -ru hal-0.5.7.1.orig/hald/linux2/hotplug.c hal-0.5.7.1/hald/linux2/hotplug.c
--- hal-0.5.7.1.orig/hald/linux2/hotplug.c	2006-07-26 11:03:17.000000000 -0700
+++ hal-0.5.7.1/hald/linux2/hotplug.c	2006-08-30 19:50:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@
 		size_t len;
 
 		len = strlen(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path);
-		is_partition = isdigit(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path[len - 1]) ||
+		is_partition = (isdigit(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path[len - 1])
+				&& ! strstr(hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path, "/block/sr")) ||
 			       strstr (hotplug_event->sysfs.sysfs_path, "/fakevolume") ;
 
 		if (hotplug_event->action == HOTPLUG_ACTION_ADD) {