diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/rinstall b/xCAT-client/bin/rinstall
index 8ae0627f9..fad798fdb 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/rinstall
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/rinstall
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ sub checkoption{
 }
 
 
+@allnodes=noderange($noderange); 
 if($OSIMAGE){
 
 # -O|--osimage is specified, ignore any -a,-p,-o options,
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ if($OSIMAGE){
 # 3) if nodetype.provmethod is not set, use 'install' as the default value
 
 # group the nodes according to the nodetype.provmethod
-   @allnodes=noderange($noderange); 
+
    foreach(@allnodes){
       my $tab=xCAT::Table->new("nodetype");
       my $nthash=$tab->getNodeAttribs($_,['provmethod']);
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ if (basename($0) =~ /rinstall/) {
 # for rinstall, the -c|--console option can provide the remote console for only 1 node
     if ($CONSOLE) {
         if(scalar @allnodes ne 1){
-	    xCAT::MsgUtils->message("rinstall [-c|--console] will only work if there is only one node in the noderange. See winstall(8) for consoles on multiple systems");
+	    xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E","rinstall [-c|--console] will only work if there is only one node in the noderange. See winstall(8) for consoles on multiple systems");
             exit 1;
         }
         exec("rcons $noderange");