diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/fedora/service.fedora9.tmpl b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/fedora/service.fedora9.tmpl
index 674705ba8..3593fd919 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/fedora/service.fedora9.tmpl
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/fedora/service.fedora9.tmpl
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ reboot
 #end of section
 #
 %packages
-@ Everything
+#@ Everything
 @ Network Servers
 @ System Tools
 @ X Window System
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh
index 918787e9d..70152a7f3 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh
@@ -21,67 +21,59 @@ done >>/etc/resolv.conf
 export HOSTNAME=$(host $IP 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $5}' | awk -F. '{print $1}')
 hostname $HOSTNAME
 #
-# Run xCAT post install
+# put xCAT post install in init.d process
 #
-export MASTER_IP="#XCATVAR:XCATMASTER#"
-export MASTER_IPS="#XCATVAR:XCATMASTER#"
-export MASTER="#XCATVAR:XCATMASTER#"
-cd /tmp
-RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(50)). "\n"')
-sleep $RAND
-for i in $(seq 1 20)
-do
-	GOTIT=0
-	for i in $MASTER_IPS
-	do
-      wget -l inf -N -r --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -t 0 -T 60 ftp://$i/postscripts
-		#wget --wait=10 --random-wait --waitretry=10 --retry-connrefused -t 0 -T 60 http://$i/install/autoinst/xcatpost.tar.gz
-		if [ "$?" = "0" ]
-		then
-         if [ ! -x /usr/bin/openssl ]; then #Stop if no openssl to help the next bit
-            exit 1
-         fi
-         XCATSERVER=$i:3001
-         export XCATSERVER
-         mv $i/postscripts /xcatpost
-         rm -rf $i
-         chmod +x /xcatpost/*
-         /xcatpost/getpostscript.awk |sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'|egrep -v '^ *$'|sed -e 's/^ *//' > /tmp/mypostscript
-         MYCONT=`cat /tmp/mypostscript`
-         while [ -z "$MYCONT" ]; do
-            let SLI=$RANDOM%10+10
-            sleep $SLI
-            /xcatpost/getpostscript.awk |sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'|egrep -v '^ *$'|sed -e 's/^ *//' > /tmp/mypostscript
-            MYCONT=`cat /tmp/mypostscript`
-         done
+cat >/etc/init.d/xcatpostinit << EOF
+#INCLUDE_NOP:#TABLE:site:key=installdir:value#/postscripts/xcatpostinit#
+EOF
+chmod 755 /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit
+ln -s /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S84xcatpostinit
+ln -s /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit /etc/init.d/rc4.d/S84xcatpostinit
+ln -s /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S84xcatpostinit
 
-            
-         chmod +x /tmp/mypostscript
-			GOTIT=1
-			break
-		fi
-	done
-	if [ "$GOTIT" = "1" ]
-	then
-		break
-	fi
-	RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(5)). "\n"')
-	sleep $RAND
-done
-cd /xcatpost
-#gunzip xcatpost.tar.gz
-#tar -xvf xcatpost.tar
-#/xcatpost/#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
-/tmp/mypostscript
-export NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
-export OSVER=#TABLE:nodetype:THISNODE:os#
-export ARCH=#TABLE:nodetype:THISNODE:arch#
-addsiteyum
+mkdir -p /opt/xcat
+cat >/opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost << EOF
+#INCLUDE_NOP:#TABLE:site:key=installdir:value#/postscripts/xcatdsklspost#
+chkconfig xcatpostinit off
+EOF
+TMP=`sed "/IBM(c)/ a ADDSITEYUM=1" /opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost`
+echo "$TMP" > /opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost
+chmod 755 /opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost
+chkconfig --add xcatpostinit
+
+#something Jarrod knows
 sed -i 's/^serial/#serial/' /boot/grub/menu.lst
 sed -i 's/^terminal/#terminal/' /boot/grub/menu.lst
-updateflag.awk $MASTER 3002
-cd /
-rm -Rf /xcatpost
-rm -f /tmp/mypostscript
+
+#change the chain from install to boot
+cat >/tmp/updateflag.awk <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
+
+BEGIN {
+	xcatdport = #TABLE:site:key=xcatiport:value#
+	xcatdhost = "#XCATVAR:XCATMASTER#"
+
+	ns = "/inet/tcp/0/" xcatdhost "/" xcatdport
+
+	while(1) {
+		if((ns |& getline) > 0)
+			print \$0
+
+		if(\$0 == "ready")
+			print "next" |& ns
+		if(\$0 == "done")
+			break
+	}
+
+	close(ns)
+
+	exit 0
+}
+EOF
+chmod 755 /tmp/updateflag.awk
+/tmp/updateflag.awk
+
+#remove all the repos, later addsiteyum will add the one from the master node.
+rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/*
+
 exit 0
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh.iscsi b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh.iscsi
index 1f3141cd1..c61bde74e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh.iscsi
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/install/scripts/post.rh.iscsi
@@ -19,68 +19,69 @@ do
 	echo "nameserver $i"
 done >>/etc/resolv.conf
 export HOSTNAME=$(host $IP 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $5}' | awk -F. '{print $1}')
-hostname $HOSTNAME
-#
-# Run xCAT post install
+hostname $HOSTNAME#
+# put xCAT post install in init.d process
 #
+cat >/etc/init.d/xcatpostinit << EOF
+#INCLUDE_NOP:#TABLE:site:key=installdir:value#/postscripts/xcatpostinit#
+EOF
+chmod 755 /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit
+ln -s /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S84xcatpostinit
+ln -s /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit /etc/init.d/rc4.d/S84xcatpostinit
+ln -s /etc/init.d/xcatpostinit /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S84xcatpostinit
+
+mkdir -p /opt/xcat
+cat >/opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost << EOF
+#INCLUDE_NOP:#TABLE:site:key=installdir:value#/postscripts/xcatdsklspost#
+chkconfig xcatpostinit off
+EOF
+TMP=`sed "/IBM(c)/ a ADDSITEYUM=1" /opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost`
+echo "$TMP" > /opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost
+chmod 755 /opt/xcat/xcatdsklspost
+chkconfig --add xcatpostinit
+
 export MASTER_IP="#XCATVAR:XCATMASTER#"
 export MASTER_IPS="#XCATVAR:XCATMASTER#"
 export MASTER="#XCATVAR:XCATMASTER#"
-cd /tmp
+mkdir -p /tmp/xcatpost
+cd /tmp/xcatpost
 RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(50)). "\n"')
 sleep $RAND
 for i in $(seq 1 20)
 do
-	GOTIT=0
-	for i in $MASTER_IPS
-	do
-      wget -l inf -N -r --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -t 0 -T 60 ftp://$i/postscripts
-		#wget --wait=10 --random-wait --waitretry=10 --retry-connrefused -t 0 -T 60 http://$i/install/autoinst/xcatpost.tar.gz
-		if [ "$?" = "0" ]
-		then
-         if [ ! -x /usr/bin/openssl ]; then #Stop if no openssl to help the next bit
-            exit 1;
-         fi
-         XCATSERVER=$i:3001
-         export XCATSERVER
-         mv $i/postscripts /xcatpost
-         rm -rf $i
-         chmod +x /xcatpost/*
-         /xcatpost/getpostscript.awk |sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'|egrep -v '^ *$'|sed -e 's/^ *//' > /tmp/mypostscript
-         MYCONT=`cat /tmp/mypostscript`
-         while [ -z "$MYCONT" ]; do
-            let SLI=$RANDOM%10+10
-            sleep $SLI
-            /xcatpost/getpostscript.awk |sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'|egrep -v '^ *$'|sed -e 's/^ *//' > /tmp/mypostscript
-            MYCONT=`cat /tmp/mypostscript`
-         done
-         chmod +x /tmp/mypostscript
-			GOTIT=1
-			break
-		fi
-	done
-	if [ "$GOTIT" = "1" ]
+    GOTIT=0
+    for i in $MASTER_IPS
+    do
+	wget -l inf -N --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -t 0 -T 60 ftp://$i/postscripts/uploadboot
+	wget -l inf -N --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -t 0 -T 60 ftp://$i/postscripts/locktftpdir.awk
+	wget -l inf -N --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -t 0 -T 60 ftp://$i/postscripts/unlocktftpdir.awk
+	wget -l inf -N --waitretry=10 --random-wait --retry-connrefused  -t 0 -T 60 ftp://$i/postscripts/setiscsiparms.awk
+	if [ "$?" = "0" ]
 	then
-		break
+            if [ ! -x /usr/bin/openssl ]; then #Stop if no openssl to help the next bit
+		exit 1;
+            fi
+            chmod +x /tmp/xcatpost/*
+	    GOTIT=1
+	    break
 	fi
-	RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(5)). "\n"')
-	sleep $RAND
+    done
+    if [ "$GOTIT" = "1" ]
+    then
+	break
+    fi
+    RAND=$(perl -e 'print int(rand(5)). "\n"')
+    sleep $RAND
 done
-cd /xcatpost
-#gunzip xcatpost.tar.gz
-#tar -xvf xcatpost.tar
-#/xcatpost/#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
-export PATH=/xcatpost:$PATH
-/tmp/mypostscript
 export NODE=#TABLE:nodelist:THISNODE:node#
 export OSVER=#TABLE:nodetype:THISNODE:os#
 export ARCH=#TABLE:nodetype:THISNODE:arch#
-addsiteyum
 iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p #TABLE:iscsi:$NODE:server#
 sed -i 's/^serial/#serial/' /boot/grub/menu.lst
 sed -i 's/^terminal/#terminal/' /boot/grub/menu.lst
+
+#remove all the repos, later addsiteyum will add the one from the master node.
+rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/*
+
 uploadboot
-cd /
-rm -Rf /xcatpost
-rm -f /tmp/mypostscript
 exit 0
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8efceda47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles10.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+xcat/core-snap/xCATsn
+xcat/xcat-dep/sles10/ppc64/yaboot-xcat
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f1c4c7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/service.sles11.ppc64.otherpkgs.pkglist
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+xcat/core-snap/xCATsn
+xcat/xcat-dep/sles11/ppc64/yaboot-xcat