Using /stand/sysinstall for 5-STABLE package installation

[Mark Willson]

Hi,

> When I installed my system, I used the .iso images of 
> 5.4-STABLE-SNAP006 for a minimal installation and then installed 
> various packages using pkg_add -r, downloading them from its default 
> setting of ftp.freebsd/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/Latest.
>
> I would like to use /stand/sysinstall for installing additional 
> packages but its option release name is set to use 5.4-STABLE-SNAP006. 
> This gives an error message saying that it cannot find that 
> distribution on an ftp server. I've tried changing the release name 
> under installation options but nothing I've entered works (e.g., 
> "5.4-STABLE" or "5.4-LATEST"or "RELENG-5").
>
> So how do I configure /stand/sysinstall to point to the latest stable 
> version to use it for installing additional packages?
>

Have you tried 5.4-RELEASE?  That was the only value that worked for me on an
earlier snapshot.

-mark