> Make sure the download was in BINARY or "raw-data" if using Fetch.  I 
> usually cpin these files into my BSD Filesystem and then do the gunzip 
> and untar under NetBSD.  For some reason the Installer doesn't always 
> recognize all tar/gzip file formats, but NetBSD always seems to. 

Also tar xzf file.tgz  works too, and it's easier to type!
I think the problem is that the unzipping code in the installer is
a version or two behind. Though zinstall seemed to work fine on
base12.tgz.

Take care,

Bill