diff --git a/installer/installer.sh b/installer/installer.sh
index b90870c..cb1a4b6 100755
--- a/installer/installer.sh
+++ b/installer/installer.sh
@@ -414,9 +414,10 @@ ${MOUNT_SPACE} Mbytes copied
 Installation time: $TIME_ELAPSED minutes"
 
 CONFIGURED_FILES="/etc/vconsole.conf /etc/locale.conf \
-                  /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf"
+                  /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf \
+                  /etc/localtime /etc/timezone"
 for f in $CONFIGURED_FILES; do
-   cp $f ${MOUNTPOINT}/${f}
+   [ -r $f ] && cp -P $f ${MOUNTPOINT}/${f}
 done
 sed -i "/^LANG=.*/d;1s/^/LANG=$LANG\n/" /etc/locale.conf
 echo
@@ -425,14 +426,6 @@ mkdir -p $MOUNTPOINT/{dev,home,media,mnt,proc,run,sys,tmp}
 chmod 1777 $MOUNTPOINT/tmp
 chmod 0750 $MOUNTPOINT/root
 
-# create base devices
-[ -x /lib/udev/devices/MAKEDEV ] || {
-   echo $"Error: cannot run MAKEDEV; aborting." >&2
-   abort
-}
-
-UDEV_ROOT=$MOUNTPOINT/dev /lib/udev/devices/MAKEDEV
-
 dcop_write $"Binding system dirs to new mountpoint..." 73
 echo $"Binding /dev, /proc, /run and /sys to new mountpoint"
 mount -o bind /dev $MOUNTPOINT/dev || {