Unable to burn CDs on 2.4.17

[Dima Brodsky <dima@cs.ubc.ca>]

Hi,

Since about 2.4.9 I have not been able to burn CDs.  I get the following
message in the logs.  I have also noticed that the system becomes less
responsive when large applications, like netscape 6 or staroffice 5.2
load.

scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 10818, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Synchronize Cache 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
hdd: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hdd: DMA disabled
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hdd: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hdd: drive not ready for command
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
scsi0 : channel 0 target 1 lun 0 request sense failed, performing reset.
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
scsi0 : channel 0 target 1 lun 0 request sense failed, performing reset.

My setup is as follows:

Hardware:

	P III 650Mhz --- 256 MB --- P3B-F MB

	NVidia Geforce DDR - AGP Video Card

	IDE0 - Pri: HD - Sec: HD
	IDE1 - Pri: CD-ROM - Sec: CRW6206A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

Kernel:

	2.4.17 compiled with gcc 3.0.2

	EXT3		in-kernel
	AGPGART		module
	NE2K-PCI	in-kernel
	IDE-SCSI	in-kernel
	EMU10K1		in-kernel
	USB		in-kernel

Software:

	cdrecord 1.10
	XFree86 4.1.0 running with the driver from NVidia and agpgart

I have a machine, P II 266 - 256MB with a similiar configuration
minus the XFree + NVidia, the sound, and the USB support and a
Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100 and it is burning perfectly.

Any ideas as to what could be wrong??

Thanks
ttyl
Dima

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