Can't eject CD/DVD after warm reboot?

[Michael ODonnell]

>> Is there some trick (maybe some kernel commandline option or some program
>> executed during shutdown) that will leave the drive willing to eject the
>> media ("unlock" it?)  without us having to power-cycle these machines?
>
>Why won't the paperclip trick (manual release) won't work?

Because that would give the customers an even worse impression than they
get from just having to power-cycle the fscking things...   >-/