Problem with media mounting and huge log files

[Eric P <eric.maillist@gmail.com>]

Apparently, something is going haywire when I insert a  CD.

I get this repeating message:
...
hdd: ATAPI reset complete
hdd: status error: status=0x00 { }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
...

And these logs eat up my HD space if I don't catch it quick enough.
kern.log
messages
syslog

I'm running Debian testing/IceWM.

Any idea what's going on here?  I've used this CD-R for over a year
now and haven't had any problems.  Let me know if I can provide any
further info.

Thanks,
Eric P