steef(steefvanduin@zonnet.nl) is reported to have said:
  
hi all and *especially jörg s., long-term initiator of cdrecord and 
cdrtools*.
two weeks ago i asked on this list 'what is better': cdrecord or wodim. on 
one of the responses i answered that the most recent version of 
cdrecord/cdr-tools completely damaged two brandnew cdrom's. jörg asked me 
for more info: and here comes some.
1. only one cd/dvd-burner om my machine produced this undesirable effect. a 
couple of other burners worked flawlessly with the most recent bêta of jörg 
sch.
so it could be that jörg did not make this beta recognize this burner: see 
/dev/hdb (from dmesg |less): 
hda: MAXTOR STM3250820A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7173A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Probing IDE interface ide1...
hdc: ST3120026A, ATA DISK drive
    
Right!  Neither cdrecord or wodim can burn to a _Hard Disk_.
  
a good day to you all,
    
And to you.
WT