Hi Mike,

Perhaps should you try the PartImage tool included in the knoppix CD.

This wonderful tool can make disk images, à-la Ghost, compressed or not, and send data through the network to the PC carrying your DVD recorder. (idea based on a network setup between the PCs !!).

In this case, you can store the image file under /tmp (or anything you like) and burn it using your favorite burner (K3B, cdrecord, etc...)

Of course this involves the use of Samba for remote filesystem access, or any other distant media mounting method (NFS, etc...).
Hopefully, knoppix makes it really easy to create samba shares !

The other thing to consider is of course temporary disk space on the second PC.

One of the linux gurus visiting this site may also give you a more elegant solution, that is, a direct remote cd-burner access, i mean, direct DVD peripheral access other the network so that K3B on the first PC can burn right onto it. [ Hey guys, any ideas for Mike ? ]

Have a look at the partimage project homepage for more information http://www.partimage.org

Hope this helps,

Olivier from France

P.S: Perhaps should you try to investigate why the USB burner is not recognized on PC #1, using usbview, and kernel message file (dmesg)[/url]