I have TEAC-W524E, but can't format CDRW - linux-2.4.18-pre4 - packet-2.4.18-pre4 ----------cut-------- cdrwtool -d /dev/hdc -q using device /dev/hdc 1575KB internal buffer setting write speed to 12x Settings for /dev/hdc: Fixed packets, size 32 Mode-2 disc I'm going to do a quick setup of /dev/hdc. The disc is going to be blanked and formatted with one big track. All data on the device will be lost!! Press CTRL-C to cancel now. Initiating quick disc blank Disc capacity is 295264 blocks (590528KB/576MB) Formatting track Writing UDF structures to disc 10800 (MSK)/-180 wait_cmd: Input/output error Command failed: 2a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 - sense 0e.4c.19 Error writing packet 0 (ffffffff) -------cut syslog--------------- Jan 24 12:11:04 gambrinus kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Jan 24 12:11:04 gambrinus kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete -------------------------------- P.S. In SCSI emulation for cdrecord write disks is Ok! -- Thanks