I am trying to determine why since 2.0 the kernel hangs at
nfs_boot: trying DHCP/BOOTP.

my dhcp entry for it is
         host next {
                 hardware ethernet 00:00:0f:00:e4:31;    # Adjust to your 
MAC add
ress
                 fixed-address 24.153.xxx.xxx;                # Adjust
                 always-reply-rfc1048 false;
                 filename "/next";                    # XXX Do NOT set!
                 option root-path "/stuff/next162";
                 server-name="24.153.xxx.xxx";
                 option broadcast-address 24.153.xxx.255;
                 option domain-name "linbsd.org";
                 option domain-name-servers dns.linbsd.org;
                 option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
                 next-server 24.153.xxx.xxx;
         }
  And the /etc/bootptab entry is
next.linbsd.org:\
         :ht=ether:\
         :sm=255.255.255.0:\
         :lg=24.153.xxx.xxx:\
         :ip=24.153.xxx.xxx:\
         :hn:\
         :bf=next:\
         :bs=auto:\
         :rp=/stuff/next/:\
         :vm=auto:\
         :tc=.test:

1.6.2 kernels work fine, but anything newer fails at the above mentioned 
prompt. I wanted to get into ddb> to see if I could find out where it's 
at.

Thanks in advance.

-Ober