CD-RW/DVD-ROM doesn't play nicely with Linux (or at least RH9)

[Vidiot]

>The problem seems to be specific to writing mondoarchive backups.  I can
>write and read a (200+ Mb) tar file of my home directory without any
>problem...

Please explain your definition of mondoarchive backups.

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