I finaly got time to try bootin with the Generic 2 kernel.  I get quite a 
bit farther before it crashes, and it doesn't seem to destroy a bunch of 
files when it crashes.

The boot:

Booting single-user then hittilng ^D
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setting tty flags
starting network
add host myname.my.domain: gateway localhost
starting rpc daemons: portmap
starting system logger, time daemontimed:no network usable
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checking for core dump...
savecore:/netbsd: _dumplo not in name list
checking quotas:_

and thats where it freezes.  Any more suggestions?
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