Index: head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/script
===================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/script
+++ head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/script
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@
 
 # Unpack distributions
 bsdinstall checksum
-bsdinstall distextract
+for set in $DISTRIBUTIONS; do
+	f_dprintf "Extracting $BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR/$set"
+	tar -xf "$BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR/$set" -C $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT
+done
 
 # Finalize install
 bsdinstall config