Thanks in advace!

I am running the hardware noted below.

Additionally, I am running a NEC-2500A DVD.

I had a post where I was having trouble burning DVD's with growisofs. Killing magicdev and autofs seemed to correct the problem.

I have not burned DVD's in a while and since that time I have upgraded the power supply to a 550watter and video card.

Intermitently, I can get one to burn. Might even get 5 in a row to burn. I get the same error that I did when I had not killed autofs or magicdev:

76.44% done, estimate finish Mon Aug 30 23:04:45 2004
:-[ WRITE@LBA=624e0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=21h/ACQ=02h]: Input/output error
builtin_dd: 402656*2KB out
:-( write failed: Input/output error
/dev/scd0: flushing cache
/dev/scd0: updating RMA
/dev/scd0: closing disc
# eject

However, I get some error messages with dmesg:

hdh: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hdh: drive not ready for command
hdh: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdh: status error: error=0x04
hdh: drive not ready for command
hdh: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdh: status error: error=0x04
hdh: drive not ready for command
APIC error on CPU0: 00(02)
APIC error on CPU1: 00(02)
hdh: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdh: status error: error=0x04
hdh: drive not ready for command
hdh: ATAPI reset complete
#

I have googled around and discovered some possibilities.

I thought it could be a flakey cable or something. I changed the HD cable, but it did not make a difference.

This was not doing it before the Power Supply swap.

My next step is to trade drives with a friend of mine to see if that makes a difference or if it clears up the problem or if it remains.

Also note worthy, I am not having difficulty burning CDroms. I know it is different, but I thought is was worth mentioning.

I have read where the "APIC error on CPU0: 00(02)" can indicate a flakey power supply, flakey mother board, heat problem, or something misconfigured. Heck, that could be just about anything.