Have you tried running wodim(1) with the args:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">	</span>-tao<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">		</span>Write disk in TAO mode.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">	</span>-dao<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">		</span>Write disk in SAO mode.</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">	</span>-sao<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">		</span>Write disk in SAO mode.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve found that wodim seems to &quot;do the right thing&quot; -- also turning on verbose mode lets you know what it&#39;s &quot;thinking&quot; -- including what speed it thinks it can write at.</div>
<div><br><div>Niels<br><a href="http://nielsmayer.com">http://nielsmayer.com</a><br></div></div></div>