On this page you may configure the abilities of your drives.
Use "driveropts=burnproof" with cdrecord?
You may use cdrdao to copy CDs on-the-fly to a second drive.
Use "dev=/dev/hd?" instead of "dev=ATAPI:bus,id,0" with cdrecord and ATAPI devices. This is still experimental. Try it with Linux 2.6.