I was encouraged to see someone reported successful operation of a usb cdrw, 
so decided to try my iomega.  It's the Iomega CD-RW USB 16x10x40 external 
drive.

It reads fine, but won't write.

I'm using RedHat 7.3 with kernel 2.4.18-4.  I set up /etc/fstab with this 
line:

/dev/scd0               /mnt/usbcdrom           iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0

When I do cdrecord --scanbus, I get:

Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'IOMEGA  ' 'CDRW6402EXT-B   ' 'UOSA' Removable CD-ROM
        0,1,0     1) *
        0,2,0     2) *
        0,3,0     3) *
        0,4,0     4) *
        0,5,0     5) *
        0,6,0     6) *
        0,7,0     7) *

When I try to erase a cdrw, I get a message saying it doesn't recognize the 
medium (output shown below).  When I try to write to a blank cdr disk, I get 
a similar message (output from KOnCD at end).

I check the permissions and they appear OK, as follows:

[root@localhost root]# ls -l /dev/scd0
brwxrwxrwx    1 root     disk      11,   0 Apr 11 10:25 /dev/scd0

but, when I try to mount it, I get a write protection error, as follows:

[root@localhost root]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/usbcdrom
mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/scd0 already mounted or /mnt/usbcdrom busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/scd0 is already mounted on /mnt/usbcdrom

Any thoughts as to how I can get this burning?

Attempt to erase a cdrw disk:

[root@localhost root]# cdrecord -v -d -force -eject blank=all dev=0,0,0
dev: 0,0,0 speed: 4 fs: 4194304
Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
fs: 4194304 buflen: 4198400
cdrecord: shared memory segment attached: 4002C000
buf: 4002C000 bufend: 4042D000, buflen: 4198400
buf: 4002C000 bufend: 4042D000, buflen: 4198400 (align 0)
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
scg__open() 0,0,0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
l1: 0x0 l2: 0x0
Bus: 0 Target: 0 Lun: 0 Chan: 0 Ino: 0
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
Target (0,0,0): DMA max 129024 old max: 64512
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Target (0,0,0): DMA max 129024 old max: 64512
scgo_getbuf: 64512 bytes
atapi: 1
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'IOMEGA  '
Identifikation : 'CDRW6402EXT-B   '
Revision       : 'UOSA'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
Drive buf size : 1966272 = 1920 KB
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 07 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 07 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
Current Secsize: -1
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
Current Secsize: -1073734144
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
cdrecord: Input/output error. read disk info: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 04 01 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x04 Qual 0x01 (logical unit is in process of becoming ready) Fru 
0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.318s timeout 240s
cdrecord: Cannot get disk type.
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 00
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 3A 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x00 (medium not present) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.010s timeout 40s
ioctl ret: 0
host_status: 00 driver_status: 08
cdrecord: Input/output error. blank unit: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 3A 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x00 (medium not present) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.011s timeout 9600s

Attempt to record data to a blank cdr disk:

scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'IOMEGA  '
Identifikation : 'CDRW6402EXT-B   '
Revision       : 'UOSA'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
Drive buf size : 1966272 = 1920 KB
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. read disk info: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 04 01 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x04 Qual 0x01 (logical unit is in process of becoming ready) Fru 
0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) 
cmd finished after 0.318s timeout 240s
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Cannot get disk type.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: Track size unknown. Data may not fit on disk.
Track 01: data  unknown length
Total size:       0 MB (00:00.00) = 0 sectors
Lout start:       0 MB (00:02/00) = 0 sectors
Current Secsize: -1073734144
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 9 seconds.
          8 seconds.
          7 seconds.
          6 seconds.
          5 seconds.
          4 seconds.
          3 seconds.
          2 seconds.
          1 seconds.
          0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... 
input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. send opc: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  54 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 3A 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x00 (medium not present) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) 
cmd finished after 0.010s timeout 60s
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Resource temporarily unavailable. OPC failed.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo had 1 puts and 0 gets.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.


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