cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@quiknet.com>]

I have two CD writers. One works and has been in use for two or three 
years. The other is much newer and seems to work, but the resulting CD 
is only readable on the computer on which it was burnt. (Both writers 
are on the same computer.)

I notice a slight difference in the messages from cdrecord when I write 
using these:
The newer, non-working writer messages contain an extra message
"BURN-Free is OFF"
What does this mean and does it have anything to do with the CDs being 
unuseable on any other computers?

The problem on other computers is that CD won't load. On some computers 
there is an error message to the effect that a table of contents could 
not be found/read.

What should I do to make this newer writer useful?

Thanks.
Paul