I got the same problem. I downloaded initrd.gz and vmlinuz from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/ to boot the installer from hard disk as described here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.html.en#boot-initrd
The installer works fine, and I chose "Standard System" with tasksel. After booting the newly installed etch system, I edited /etc/apt/sources.list to replace "etch" by "testing". Then doing "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" led to the same error message "could not perform immediate configuration (2) on tzdata": A workaround seems to be: apt-get install libstdc++6 apt-get dist-upgrade -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
