not sure if anyone is still having this problem, but for posterity's
sake, in case someone else references this thread...

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV bpf

restart dhclient and you will have working dhcp on the newest version
of the netBSD 3.0 restore CD

On 3/13/06, Pete Rushmere <pete@rushmere.org> wrote:
> Hi Rowdy,
>
> I checked this on my 1.6.1 box yesterday, and there the \dev only contains
> bpf0 to bpf7 with no bpf.
>
> Obviously on 1.6.1 this doesn't cause a problem, possibly this is
> perculiar to 3.0?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Pete
>