diff --git a/release/instdist.sh b/release/instdist.sh
index 7f6db94f6f3b..823826097636 100644
--- a/release/instdist.sh
+++ b/release/instdist.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # putting your name on top after doing something trivial like reindenting
 # it, just to make it look like you wrote it!).
 #
-# $Id: instdist.sh,v 1.14 1994/11/18 19:09:32 jkh Exp $
+# $Id: instdist.sh,v 1.15 1994/11/20 05:44:16 jkh Exp $
 
 if [ "$_INSTINST_SH_LOADED_" = "yes" ]; then
 	return 0
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ choice.  Also note that not all sites carry the optional package \n\
 or XFree86 3.1 distributions!  These are only guaranteed to be \n\
 available from the primary U.S. ftp site.\n\n" -1 -1 9 \
    "Primary" "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
-   "#2-U.S" "ftp://ftp.dataplex.net/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
-   "#3-U.S" "ftp://kryten.atinc.com/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
+   "U.S-2" "ftp://ftp.dataplex.net/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
+   "U.S-3" "ftp://kryten.atinc.com/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
    "Taiwan" "ftp://netbsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
    "Australia" "ftp://ftp.physics.usyd.edu.au/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
    "France" "ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/freeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
    "Finland" "ftp://nic.funet.fi:/pub/unix/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
-   "Russia" "ftp://ftp.kiae.su/FreeBSD" \
+   "Russia" "ftp://ftp.kiae.su/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}" \
    "other" "None of the above.  I want to specify my own." \
       2> ${TMP}/menu.tmp.$$
 	retval=$?
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ available from the primary U.S. ftp site.\n\n" -1 -1 9 \
 		ftp_path="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}"
 	;;
 
-	#2-U.S)
+	U.S-2)
 		ftp_path="ftp://ftp.dataplex.net/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}"
 	;;
 
-	#3-U.S)
+	U.S-3)
 		ftp_path="ftp://kryten.atinc.com/pub/FreeBSD/${DISTNAME}"
 	;;
 
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ specification (e.g. ftp://ftp.freeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/...) or simply
 the name of a host to connect to.  If only a host name is specified,
 the installation assumes that you will properly connect and \"mget\"
 the files yourself.\n\n"; then return 1; fi
+		ftp_path=$answer
 	;;
 	esac
-	return 0
 }
 
 media_extract_dist()