Problem with burning CD-Rs

I am encountering problems burning CD-Rs after several years without
problems. I am using Chris Wohlgemuth's package to cover cdrecord. Here
is a snip from the last attempt to burn a CD-R that failed:

Cdrecord 2.0 (i386-pc-os2_emx) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J÷rg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
atapi: 0
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'SONY '
Identifikation : 'CD-RW CRX140E '
Revision : '1.0s'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-2 SWABAUDIO
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96R RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 4183808 = 4085 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data 647 MB
Total size: 743 MB (73:39.01) = 331426 sectors
Lout start: 743 MB (73:41/01) = 331426 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 5
Is not unrestricted
Is not erasable
Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4)
ATIP start of lead in: -11933 (97:22/67)
ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf.
index: 43
Manufacturer: Acer Media Technology, Inc.
Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 28423
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in real TAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 9 seconds.
0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
Starting new track at sector: 0

Track 01: 0 of 647 MB written.
Track 01: 1 of 647 MB written (fifo 87%) [buf 25%] 5.1fx.
Track 01: 2 of 647 MB written (fifo 75%) [buf 51%] 5.1fx.
Track 01: 3 of 647 MB written (fifo 70%) [buf 75%] 5.1fx.
Track 01: 4 of 647 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 99%] 5.1fx.
.....snipped.....
Track 01: 29 of 647 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 99%] 5.1fx.Writing
time: 110.340s Track 01: data 647 MB
Total size: 743 MB (73:39.01) = 331426 sectors
Lout start: 743 MB (73:41/01) = 331426 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 5
Is not unrestricted
Is not erasable
Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4)
ATIP start of lead in: -11933 (97:22/67)
ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf.
index: 43
Manufacturer: Acer Media Technology, Inc.
Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 28423 Min
drive buffer fill was 99%
CDRecord/2 returned: 5 (Should be 0).
Error while writing the image!

Does this look like a hardware problem? Bad media? What does the RC
indicate? I have tried at speeds from 2-8x and encounter errors with all
of them. I have made 4 coasters attempting to burn this latest CD-R.
Would it make sense to try a CD-RW and see if I get the same errors?
Where do I go from here in tracking down and correcting this problem?

-- Dave
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dhdurgee<at>verizon<dot>net
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