Comment 21 for bug 13729

So I've looked around too. It seems that QSI drives are quite popular (and I
thought that it was just my low-end notebook)...

The only possible clue was the -immed option. Well, use it at your own risk it
says...

First try:

cdrecord -immed -blank=minimal -dev=/dev/hdd

Blank worked fine, but it was not possible to burn the cd at first, I blanked it
with cdrdao with no effect either and I somehow - when I almost already decided
to throw the cd away - xcdroast burned it with no problems. So I went to risk
further.

Second try:

cdrecord -immed -blank=all -dev=/dev/hdd

Blank worked fine, Gnomebaker worked fine also.

Third try:

cdrecord -immed -blank=minimal -dev=/dev/hdd

I thought I would reproduce problems I encountered with the first try, but no:
gnomebaker worked fine.

Fourth try:

cdrecord -immed -blank=minimal -dev=/dev/hdd

To make sure: gnomebaker worked fine.

Conclusion?

"cdrecord -immed" seems to work with my QSI drive. Of course, you can't call
four attempts real testing, but it's better than nothing.

And nautilus problem (should I report it again as a bug or maybe request feature?):
Nautilus always tries to blank first, which is impossible for my drive, so i
can't use it even if my cd is blank. Possible solution would be to ask if
blanking is necessary. Or something similar.