diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/fedora.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/fedora.pm
index 7b801ff34..27e3b741c 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/fedora.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/fedora.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,44 @@ sub handled_commands {
   }
 }
   
+sub preprocess_request {
+   my $req = shift;
+   my $callback = shift;
+  if ($req->{command}->[0] eq 'copycd') {  #don't farm out copycd
+     return [$req];
+  }
+  my %localnodehash;
+  my %dispatchhash;
+  my $nrtab = xCAT::Table->new('noderes');
+  foreach my $node (@{$req->{node}}) {
+     my $nodeserver;
+     my $tent = $nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node,['tftpserver']);
+     if ($tent) { $nodeserver = $tent->{tftpserver} }
+     unless ($tent and $tent->{tftpserver}) {
+        $tent = $nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node,['servicenode']);
+        if ($tent) { $nodeserver = $tent->{servicenode} }
+     }
+     if ($nodeserver) {
+        $dispatchhash{$nodeserver}->{$node} = 1;
+     } else {
+        $localnodehash{$node} = 1;
+     }
+  }
+  my @requests;
+  my $reqc = {%$req};
+  $reqc->{node} = [ keys %localnodehash ];
+  if (scalar(@{$reqc->{node}})) { push @requests,$reqc }
+
+  foreach my $dtarg (keys %dispatchhash) { #iterate dispatch targets
+     my $reqcopy = {%$req}; #deep copy
+     $reqcopy->{'_xcatdest'} = $dtarg;
+     $reqcopy->{node} = [ keys %{$dispatchhash{$dtarg}}];
+     push @requests,$reqcopy;
+  }
+  return \@requests;
+}
+     
+
 sub process_request {
   my $request = shift;
   my $callback = shift;
@@ -53,7 +91,6 @@ sub mknetboot {
     my $installroot;
     if ($sitetab) { 
         (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key=>installdir},value);
-        print Dumper($ref);
         if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
             $installroot = $ref->{value};
         }
@@ -268,7 +305,6 @@ sub copycd {
   my $sitetab = xCAT::Table->new('site');
   if ($sitetab) { 
     (my $ref) = $sitetab->getAttribs({key=>installdir},value);
-    print Dumper($ref);
     if ($ref and $ref->{value}) {
       $installroot = $ref->{value};
     }
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
index 55d0d99ee..5c8620cb7 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ use Storable qw(dclone);
 use POSIX qw(WNOHANG setsid);
 use strict;
 my $pidfile;
+my $foreground;
 GetOptions(
-  'pidfile|p=s' => \$pidfile
+  'pidfile|p=s' => \$pidfile,
+  'foreground|f' => \$foreground
 );
 
 my $quit = 0;
@@ -321,7 +323,9 @@ sub scan_plugins {
   }
 }
 scan_plugins;
-daemonize;
+unless ($foreground) {
+   daemonize;
+}
 $SIG{CHLD} = sub { while (waitpid(-1,WNOHANG) > 0) {} };
 $SIG{TERM} = $SIG{INT} = sub { printf("Asked to quit...\n"); $quit++ };
   
@@ -518,11 +522,12 @@ sub plugin_command {
       require $plugins_dir."/".$modname.".pm";
       $children++;
       my $pfd; #will be referenced for inter-process messaging.
+      my $parfd; #not causing a problem that I discern yet, but theoretically
       my $child;
       if ($sock) { #If $sock not passed in, don't fork..
-        socketpair($pfd, $parent_fd,AF_UNIX,SOCK_STREAM,PF_UNSPEC) or die "socketpair: $!";
+        socketpair($pfd, $parfd,AF_UNIX,SOCK_STREAM,PF_UNSPEC) or die "socketpair: $!";
         #pipe($pfd,$cfd);
-        $parent_fd->autoflush(1);
+        $parfd->autoflush(1);
         $pfd->autoflush(1);
         $child = xCAT::Utils->xfork;
       } else {
@@ -530,6 +535,7 @@ sub plugin_command {
       }
       unless (defined $child) { die "Fork failed"; }
       if ($child == 0) {
+        $parent_fd = $parfd;
         my $oldprogname=$$progname;
         $$progname=$oldprogname.": $modname instance";
         if ($sock) { close $pfd; }
@@ -546,7 +552,7 @@ sub plugin_command {
           exit(0);
         } 
       } else {
-        close $parent_fd;
+        close $parfd;
         $check_fds->add($pfd);
       }
     }
@@ -583,7 +589,7 @@ sub dispatch_callback {
 
 sub relay_dispatch {
    my $fds = shift;
-   my @ready_ins = $fds->can_read(0);
+   my @ready_ins = $fds->can_read(0.2);
    foreach my $rin (@ready_ins) {
       my $data;
       if ($data = <$rin>) {
@@ -626,13 +632,13 @@ sub dispatch_request {
 
   my $childrn=0;
   $SIG{CHLD} = sub {while (waitpid(-1, WNOHANG) > 0) { $childrn--; } };
-   #TODO: calls to dispatch must be parallelized
    foreach (@{$reqs}) {
     my $pfd;
+    my $parfd; #use a private variable so it won't trounce itself recursively
     my $child;
     delete $_->{noderange};
-    socketpair($pfd, $dispatch_parentfd,AF_UNIX,SOCK_STREAM,PF_UNSPEC) or die "socketpair: $!";
-    $dispatch_parentfd->autoflush(1);
+    socketpair($pfd, $parfd,AF_UNIX,SOCK_STREAM,PF_UNSPEC) or die "socketpair: $!";
+    $parfd->autoflush(1);
     $pfd->autoflush(1);
     $child = xCAT::Utils->xfork;
     if ($child) {
@@ -643,6 +649,7 @@ sub dispatch_request {
     unless (defined $child) {
        $dispatch_cb->({error=>['Fork failure dispatching request'],errorcode=>[1]});
     }
+    $dispatch_parentfd = $parfd;
      if ($_->{'_xcatdest'} and thishostisnot($_->{'_xcatdest'})) {
         $ENV{XCATHOST} =  ( $_->{'_xcatdest'} =~ /:/ ? $_->{'_xcatdest'} : $_->{'_xcatdest'}.":3001" );
         eval {