thanks. here's the output from running "cdrecord fs=16m dev=/dev/hdb -eject -dao driveropts=burnfree -v -data -nopad test.iso" ** Attachment added: "console-output2" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6849308/console.log -- nautilus-cd-burner wrongly reports burn failure https://launchpad.net/bugs/86431