>>> back for NetBSD to read things right.
>>>
>>> but is it DVD-RW drive "feature" or NetBSD bug?
>>
>> the former, I think.  A few CDR writers have the same problem.
>
> cdrecord is usually able to detect this condition and do it for you.
>
with this 32K mode problem doesn't exist.

when using dao mode and cdrecord - i do -eject when recording and then do 
cdrecord -load