> I did the image creation and burn from Linux.
> My SCSI TEAC CDR-55S drive made nothing but coasters.
> I bought a USB Iomega ZIP-CD 650 and it worked fine on the first try.
> My DC unit says it was manufactured in October of 2000 and it boots CD-Rs
just
> fine.

If you still wanna give your TEAC a chance :) ...
try a firmware flash-update to version 1.0R.

Christoph