diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/xcat-premount.sh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/xcat-premount.sh
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index 000000000..40c1dbbe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/xcat-premount.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#script to update nodelist.nodestatus during provision
+
+MASTER=`echo $XCAT |awk -F: '{print $1}'`
+
+getarg nonodestatus
+NODESTATUS=$?
+
+XCATIPORT="$(getarg XCATIPORT=)"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+XCATIPORT="3002"
+fi
+
+
+
+if [ $NODESTATUS -ne 0 ];then
+/tmp/updateflag $MASTER $XCATIPORT "installstatus netbooting"
+fi
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/xcat-updateflag b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/xcat-updateflag
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2f9ac3165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/xcat-updateflag
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+#!/bin/awk -f
+#script to feedback the node provision status to xcatd
+BEGIN {
+
+        xcatdhost = ARGV[1]
+        xcatiport = ARGV[2]
+
+
+        ns = "/inet/tcp/0/" xcatdhost "/" xcatiport
+        print "xCAT_xcatd" |& ns
+
+        while(1) {
+                ns |& getline
+
+                if($0 == "ready")
+                        print ARGV[3] |& ns
+                if($0 == "done")
+                        break
+        }
+
+        close(ns)
+
+        exit 0
+}