[wsfull]

Generally, very little is "turned on by default" which sets this OS apart.

Where are you getting your rc.conf?

This looks reasonably conservative: 1 line.

/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-6/src/etc/rc.conf:

rc_configured=NO

[qbrass]

You're looking in /etc/rc.conf instead of /etc/defaults/rc.conf

[Esau]

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf...