Hi All,

>Well, by now, everyone should be in agreement that there are more than
>24 timezones around the world, so most, if not all, of the
>/usr/share/zoneinfo/ files are necessary...

Still, I regret that I have to select "Berlin" instead of "Nuremberg" to
get the right timezone :-)

However, the original point (speed of the installer) remains unsolved.
How about a compromise for those platforms that don't yet have a native
installer: in addition to "base.tgz", provide a "minimal.tgz" which has
just enough to boot netbsd (single user would be sufficient) and untar
a cpin-ed base.tgz.

Best wishes,

        Nico

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