Just wanted to follow up with more experimentation ... > Previously I was using the JMicron JM20336 USB-SATA bridge. > Now I have the JM20329, apparently a simpler (and slower) chip. > The BH08LS20 drive connected via USB 2.0, using blank BD-R disc.
Using this drive connected to my CentOS machine with JM20329, I tried NeroLinux again, and this time was successful. At 2x, it only took 18 minutes to burn a 9 GB iso image. Perhaps I should try growisofs on the CentOS machine.

