diff --git a/release/instdist.sh b/release/instdist.sh
index efcce718d60e..e76ea63e30e8 100644
--- a/release/instdist.sh
+++ b/release/instdist.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ media_extract_dist()
 		if sh ./do_cksum.sh; then
 			if [ -f extract.sh ]; then
 				message "Extracting ${MEDIA_DISTRIBUTION} distribution.  Please wait!"
-				if [ -f ./.is_interactive]; then
+				if [ -f ./is_interactive ]; then
 					sh ./extract.sh
 				else
 					sh ./extract.sh < /dev/ttyv1 > /dev/ttyv1 2>&1
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ system?  FreeBSD supports the following types:\n" -1 -1 2 \
 		else
 			MEDIA_DEVICE=${MNT}
 			media_get_possible_subdir
+			return 0
 		fi
 	;;
 
@@ -418,9 +419,11 @@ drive it's /dev/fd1\n"; then
 					MEDIA_TYPE=doshd
 					MEDIA_DEVICE=${MNT}
 					media_get_possible_subdir
+					return 0
 				fi
 			else
 				MEDIA_TYPE=dosfd
+				return 0
 			fi
 		fi
 	;;
@@ -430,6 +433,7 @@ drive it's /dev/fd1\n"; then
 		if media_select_ftp_site; then
 			MEDIA_TYPE=ftp
 			MEDIA_DEVICE=${FTP_PATH}
+			return 0
 		fi
 	;;
 
@@ -465,6 +469,7 @@ Options, if any, should be separated by commas."; then
 			message "${NFS_PATH} mounted successfully"
 			MEDIA_DEVICE=${MNT}
 			media_get_possible_subdir
+			return 0
 		fi
 	;;
 
@@ -480,6 +485,7 @@ of the distribution's parent directory when we come back." -1 -1
 		if input "Ok, now give me the full pathname of the parent directorys for the distribution(s)."; then
 			MEDIA_TYPE=ufs
 			MEDIA_DEVICE=${ANSWER}
+			return 0
 		fi
 	;;
 	esac
diff --git a/release/miscfuncs.sh b/release/miscfuncs.sh
index 0d2510e799af..6afca29549cb 100644
--- a/release/miscfuncs.sh
+++ b/release/miscfuncs.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: miscfuncs.sh,v 1.10 1994/11/22 09:02:46 jkh Exp $
+# $Id: miscfuncs.sh,v 1.11 1994/11/28 22:13:06 jkh Exp $
 
 if [ "${_MISCFUNCS_SH_LOADED_}" = "yes" ]; then
 	return 0
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ HOME=/; export HOME
 TMP=/tmp
 
 # Commands and flags
-FT_CMD=		"ft"
-TAR_CMD=	"tar"
-TAR_FLAGS=	"--unlink -xvf"
-IFCONFIG_CMD=	"ifconfig"
-ROUTE_CMD=	"route"
-ROUTE_FLAGS=	"add default"
-HOSTNAME_CMD=	"hostname"
-SLATTACH_CMD=	"slattach"
-SLATTACH_FLAGS=	"-l -a -s"
-PPPD_CMD=	"pppd"
-PPPD_FLAGS=	"crtscts defaultroute -ip -mn netmask $netmask"
+FT_CMD="ft"
+TAR_CMD="tar"
+TAR_FLAGS="--unlink -xvf"
+IFCONFIG_CMD="ifconfig"
+ROUTE_CMD="route"
+ROUTE_FLAGS="add default"
+HOSTNAME_CMD="hostname"
+SLATTACH_CMD="slattach"
+SLATTACH_FLAGS="-l -a -s"
+PPPD_CMD="pppd"
+PPPD_FLAGS="crtscts defaultroute -ip -mn netmask $netmask"
 
 interrupt()
 {