This burner works quite well under Linux using the latest cdrecord and scsi emulation.

Should look something like this in dmesg:

scsi0: SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices

Vendor: Yamaha Model: CRW3200E Rev: 1.0d
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02

Yamaha CDW3200IX-VK

External CD writer
Interface : IEEE1394/Firewire only
Requires a 6pin - 6pin firewire cable to connect to PC (normally supplied).
Write speed : 24x

No problems at all with this model of the Yamaha CDW3200. Had to reboot to get it working properly with Mandrake 9.1, hot-plugged fine with Mandrake 10. Time to burn a full CD is consistently a few seconds over 4 minutes.

dmesg shows :
ieee1394: SelfID completion called outside of bus reset!
ieee1394: Host added: Node[00:1023] GUID[00601d0a00000112] [Linux OHCI-1394]
ieee1394: Device added: Node[01:1023] GUID[00a0de0100028259] [YAMAHA]
ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device
ieee1394: sbp2: Node[01:1023]: Max speed [S400] - Max payload [512]
scsi1 : IEEE-1394 SBP-2 protocol driver (host: ohci1394)
$Rev: 707 $ James Goodwin <jamesg@filanet.com>
SBP-2 module load options:
- Max speed supported: S400
- Max sectors per I/O supported: 255
- Max outstanding commands supported: 8
- Max outstanding commands per lun supported: 1
- Serialized I/O (debug): no
- Exclusive login: yes
Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW3200E Rev: 1.0b
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray