Linux hanging while trying to write cd-r.

Hi,
I have a 2 year old cendyne cd-writer... plugged it in place
of a cd-rom device on a redhat 9 installation, and installed
the ide-scsi module... when I try to write a cd, the whole
system is hung... hard-reboot is the only option. Help pls...

Here is some more info:

# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jrg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version
(schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.75-RH
1.75 02/10/21 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) ' ' 'CD-R/RW RW7083A ' '1.00' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
#
# cat sys/dev/cdrom/info
CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.12 2000/10/18

drive name: sr0
drive speed: 32
drive # of slots: 1
Can close tray: 1
Can open tray: 1
Can lock tray: 1
Can change speed: 1
Can select disk: 0
Can read multisession: 0
Can read MCN: 1
Reports media changed: 1
Can play audio: 1
Can write CD-R: 1
Can write CD-RW: 1
Can read DVD: 0
Can write DVD-R: 0
Can write DVD-RAM: 0
#
# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
r128 88312 1
agpgart 47776 3
parport_pc 19076 1 (autoclean)
lp 8996 0 (autoclean)
parport 37056 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
nfsd 80176 8 (autoclean)
lockd 58704 1 (autoclean) [nfsd]
sunrpc 81564 1 (autoclean) [nfsd lockd]
autofs 13268 0 (autoclean) (unused)
e100 60644 1
sg 36524 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 18136 0 (autoclean)
microcode 4668 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 12208 0
scsi_mod 107160 3 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi]
ide-cd 35708 0
cdrom 33728 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
keybdev 2944 0 (unused)
mousedev 5492 1
hid 22148 0 (unused)
input 5856 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 26348 0 (unused)
usbcore 78784 1 [hid usb-uhci]
ext3 70784 3
jbd 51892 3 [ext3]
[root@nt230186 proc]#



Thanks in advance.
-Jaysheel