> $ growisofs -Z /dev/scd0 -speed=8 -R -J treename > it takes the whole 44 minutes First question: is DMA enabled on the burner? (hdparm /dev/hdX) The speed= parameter takes as argument the Nth entry in the table of available speeds (the docs may be unclear on this). Is the 8th entry indded 8x, or perhaps 1x? Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.