diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm
index 51ff3d068..470c13ba1 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Postage.pm
@@ -223,17 +223,8 @@ sub makescript {
       elsif ($os =~ /aix.*/) { $platform = "aix"; }
     }
     if (($nodesetstate) && ($nodesetstate eq "netboot")) { $stat="netboot";}
-    my $pathtofiles="$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/$stat/$platform";
-    my $pkglist;
-    if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-    } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-    } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-    } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-    }
+    my $pkglist=get_otherpkg_file_name("/install/custom/$stat/$platform", $profile,  $os, $arch);
+    if (!$pkglist) { $pkglist=get_otherpkg_file_name("$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/$stat/$platform", $profile, $os, $arch); }
 
     if ($pkglist) {
       my @otherpkgs=();
@@ -265,8 +256,6 @@ sub makescript {
   my $defscripts = $et->{'postscripts'};
   if ($defscripts) {
     foreach my $n (split(/,/, $defscripts)) {
-      #skip 'otherpkgs' for diskless case because it is handled by genimage   
-      if (($n eq "otherpkgs") && ($stat eq "netboot")) { next; }  
       push @scriptd, $n."\n";
     }
   }
@@ -276,8 +265,6 @@ sub makescript {
   $ps = $et->{'postscripts'};
   if ($ps) {
     foreach my $n (split(/,/, $ps)) {
-      #skip 'otherpkgs' for diskless case because it is handled by genimage   
-      if (($n eq "otherpkgs") && ($stat eq "netboot")) { next; }  
       push @scriptd, $n."\n";
     }
   }
@@ -339,4 +326,22 @@ sub getnodesetstate {
   return $state;
 }
 
+sub  get_otherpkg_file_name {
+  my $pathtofiles=shift;
+  my $profile=shift;
+  my $os=shift;
+  my $arch=shift;
+  if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+     return "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+     return "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+     return "$pathtofiles/$profile.$os.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+     return "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   }
+   
+   return "";
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig
index 9ed1ec2e2..bba5acd07 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatconfig
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ if ((!-r "/etc/xcat/postscripts.sqlite") || $::FORCE)
     else
     {
        $chtabcmds =
-         "$::XCATROOT/sbin/chtab node=xcatdefaults postscripts.postscripts='syslog,remoteshell,otherpkgs';";
+         "$::XCATROOT/sbin/chtab node=xcatdefaults postscripts.postscripts='syslog,remoteshell';";
     }
 
     $chtabcmds .=
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index d09620a17..30ad3e7d3 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Find;
 use Getopt::Long;
+use Cwd qw(realpath);
 #use strict;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
 Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ my @filestoadd;
 my $profile;
 my $osver;
 my $pathtofiles=dirname($0);
+my $fullpath=realpath($pathtofiles);
 my $name = basename($0);
 my $onlyinitrd=0;
 if ($name =~ /geninitrd/) {
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ my $tmplimit;
 my $installroot = "/install";
 my $kernelver = ""; #`uname -r`;
 my $basekernelver; # = $kernelver;
+my $customdir=$fullpath;
+$customdir =~ s/.*share\/xcat/$installroot\/custom/;
 
 sub xdie {
    system("rm -rf /tmp/xcatinitrd.$$");
@@ -113,19 +117,17 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    $yumcmd .= "install ";
    mkpath("$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/var/lib/yum");
 
-   my $pkglist;
-   if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.pkglist";
-   } else {
+   my $pkglist= get_pkglist_file_name($customdir);
+   if (!$pkglist) {
+     $pkglist= get_pkglist_file_name($pathtofiles);
+   } 
+   print "pkglist=$pkglist\n";
+
+   if (!$pkglist) {
       print "Unable to find package list for $profile!";
       return 1;
    }
+
    open($yumconfig,"<","$pkglist");
    while (<$yumconfig>) {
       chomp;
@@ -375,10 +377,13 @@ EOMS
 	chmod(0755,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/bin/netstart");
    @filestoadd=();
    foreach (@ndrivers) {
-      if (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+      if (-f "$customdir/$_") {
          push @filestoadd,[$_,"lib/$_"];
-      }
+     } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+         push @filestoadd,[$_,"lib/$_"];
+     }
    }
+
    foreach ("bin/cpio","sbin/nash","sbin/busybox.anaconda","sbin/rmmod","sbin/mount.nfs") {
       getlibs($_);
       push @filestoadd,$_;
@@ -403,18 +408,25 @@ EOMS
         }
 	}
    find(\&isnetdriver, <$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/lib/modules/$kernelver/*>);
+
    foreach (@filestoadd) {
       if (ref($_)) {
+	  #print "$_->[0], $_->[1]\n";
          my $srcpath = "$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/".$_->[0];
-         if (-f "$pathtofiles/".$_->[0]) {
+         if (-f "$customdir/".$_->[0]) {
+            $srcpath="$customdir/".$_->[0];
+         } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/".$_->[0]) {
             $srcpath="$pathtofiles/".$_->[0];
          }
          mkpath(dirname("/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/".$_->[1]));
          copy($srcpath,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/".$_->[1]);
          chmod 0755,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/".$_->[1];
       } else {
+          #print "$_\n";
          my $srcpath = "$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/$_";
-         if (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+         if (-f "$customdir/$_") {
+            $srcpath = "$customdir/$_";
+         } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
             $srcpath = "$pathtofiles/$_";
          }
          mkpath(dirname("/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/$_"));
@@ -554,17 +566,10 @@ sub generic_post { #This function is meant to leave the image in a state approxi
 
 #get th extra package name
 sub get_extra_package_names {
-   my $otherpkglist;
+   my $otherpkglist=get_extra_pkglist_file_name($customdir);
+   if (!$otherpkglist) { $otherpkglist=get_extra_pkglist_file_name($pathtofiles); }
    my $pkgnames;
-   if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } 
+
    if ($otherpkglist) {
      my $pkgfile;
      open($pkgfile,"<","$otherpkglist");
@@ -578,4 +583,33 @@ sub get_extra_package_names {
    return $pkgnames;
 }
 
+sub get_extra_pkglist_file_name {
+   my $base=shift;
+   if (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return  "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } 
+   return "";
+}
+
+sub get_pkglist_file_name {
+   my $base=shift;
+   if (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$arch.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$arch.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.pkglist";
+   } 
+
+   return "";
+}
+
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index 7f9023e3d..fbce1566d 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Find;
 use Getopt::Long;
+use Cwd qw(realpath);
 #use strict;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
 Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ my @filestoadd;
 my $profile;
 my $osver;
 my $pathtofiles=dirname($0);
+my $fullpath=realpath($pathtofiles);
 my $name = basename($0);
 my $onlyinitrd=0;
 if ($name =~ /geninitrd/) {
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ my $tmplimit;
 my $installroot = "/install";
 my $kernelver = ""; #`uname -r`;
 my $basekernelver; # = $kernelver;
+my $customdir=$fullpath;
+$customdir =~ s/.*share\/xcat/$installroot\/custom/;
 
 sub xdie {
    system("rm -rf /tmp/xcatinitrd.$$");
@@ -142,19 +146,18 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    #$yumcmd .= "install ";
    #mkpath("$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/var/lib/yum");
    my $yumcmd = "zypper -R $installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/ install -y ";
-   my $pkglist;
-   if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.pkglist";
-   } else {
+
+   my $pkglist= get_pkglist_file_name($customdir);
+   if (!$pkglist) {
+     $pkglist= get_pkglist_file_name($pathtofiles);
+   } 
+   #print "pkglist=$pkglist\n";
+
+   if (!$pkglist) {
       print "Unable to find package list for $profile!";
       return 1;
    }
+
    open($yumconfig,"<","$pkglist");
    while (<$yumconfig>) {
       chomp; 
@@ -408,9 +411,11 @@ END
 	chmod(0755,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/bin/netstart");
    @filestoadd=();
    foreach (@ndrivers) {
-      if (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+     if (-f "$customdir/$_") {
          push @filestoadd,[$_,"lib/$_"];
-      }
+     } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+         push @filestoadd,[$_,"lib/$_"];
+     }
    }
    foreach ("usr/bin/grep","bin/cpio","bin/sleep","bin/mount","sbin/dhcpcd","bin/bash","sbin/insmod","bin/mkdir","bin/mknod","sbin/ip","bin/cat","usr/bin/awk","usr/bin/wget","bin/cp","usr/bin/cpio","usr/bin/zcat","lib/mkinitrd/bin/run-init","usr/bin/uniq","usr/bin/sed") {
       getlibs($_);
@@ -437,15 +442,21 @@ END
    find(\&isnetdriver, <$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/lib/modules/$kernelver/*>);
    foreach (@filestoadd) {
       if (ref($_)) {
+         #print "$_->[0], $_->[1]\n";
          my $srcpath = "$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/".$_->[0];
-         if (-f "$pathtofiles/".$_->[0]) {
+         if (-f "$customdir/".$_->[0]) {
+            $srcpath="$customdir/".$_->[0];
+         } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/".$_->[0]) {
             $srcpath="$pathtofiles/".$_->[0];
          }
          copy($srcpath,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/".$_->[1]);
          chmod 0755,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/".$_->[1];
       } else {
+         #print "$_\n";
          my $srcpath = "$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/$_";
-         if (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+         if (-f "$customdir/$_") {
+            $srcpath = "$customdir/$_";
+         } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
             $srcpath = "$pathtofiles/$_";
          }
          copy("$srcpath","/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/$_");
@@ -588,17 +599,10 @@ sub generic_post { #This function is meant to leave the image in a state approxi
 
 #get th extra package name
 sub get_extra_package_names {
-   my $otherpkglist;
+   my $otherpkglist=get_extra_pkglist_file_name($customdir);
+   if (!$otherpkglist) { $otherpkglist=get_extra_pkglist_file_name($pathtofiles); }
    my $pkgnames;
-   if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } 
+
    if ($otherpkglist) {
      my $pkgfile;
      open($pkgfile,"<","$otherpkglist");
@@ -611,3 +615,35 @@ sub get_extra_package_names {
 
    return $pkgnames;
 }
+
+sub get_extra_pkglist_file_name {
+   my $base=shift;
+   if (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return  "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } 
+   return "";
+}
+
+sub get_pkglist_file_name {
+   my $base=shift;
+   if (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$arch.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$arch.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.pkglist";
+   } 
+
+   return "";
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum
index 59caa7b05..edd255fca 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage.yum
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use File::Copy;
 use File::Find;
 use Getopt::Long;
+use Cwd qw(realpath);
 #use strict;
 Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
 Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ my @filestoadd;
 my $profile;
 my $osver;
 my $pathtofiles=dirname($0);
+my $fullpath=realpath($pathtofiles);
 my $name = basename($0);
 my $onlyinitrd=0;
 if ($name =~ /geninitrd/) {
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ my $tmplimit;
 my $installroot = "/install";
 my $kernelver = ""; #`uname -r`;
 my $basekernelver; # = $kernelver;
+my $customdir=$fullpath;
+$customdir =~ s/.*share\/xcat/$installroot\/custom/;
 
 sub xdie {
    system("rm -rf /tmp/xcatinitrd.$$");
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    #this is for extra packages
    my $srcdir_otherpkgs = "$installroot/post/otherpkgs/$osver/$arch/1";
    my $pkgnames=get_extra_package_names();
+   #print "extra pkgnames=$pkgnames\n";
 
    my $yumconfig;
    open($yumconfig,">","/tmp/genimage.$$.yum.conf");
@@ -129,19 +134,17 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
    mkpath("$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/var/lib/yum");
    #my $yumcmd = "zypper -R $installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/ install -y ";
 
-   my $pkglist;
-   if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.pkglist") {
-      $pkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.pkglist";
-   } else {
+   my $pkglist= get_pkglist_file_name($customdir);
+   if (!$pkglist) {
+     $pkglist= get_pkglist_file_name($pathtofiles);
+   } 
+   #print "pkglist=$pkglist\n";
+
+   if (!$pkglist) {
       print "Unable to find package list for $profile!";
       return 1;
    }
+
    open($yumconfig,"<","$pkglist");
    while (<$yumconfig>) {
       chomp;
@@ -375,7 +378,9 @@ EOMS
 	chmod(0755,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/bin/netstart");
    @filestoadd=();
    foreach (@ndrivers) {
-      if (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+      if (-f "$customdir/$_") {
+         push @filestoadd,[$_,"lib/$_"];
+     } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
          push @filestoadd,[$_,"lib/$_"];
       }
    }
@@ -404,15 +409,21 @@ EOMS
    find(\&isnetdriver, <$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/lib/modules/$kernelver/*>);
    foreach (@filestoadd) {
       if (ref($_)) {
+         #print "$_->[0], $_->[1]\n";
          my $srcpath = "$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/".$_->[0];
-         if (-f "$pathtofiles/".$_->[0]) {
+         if (-f "$customdir/".$_->[0]) {
+            $srcpath="$customdir/".$_->[0];
+         } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/".$_->[0]) {
             $srcpath="$pathtofiles/".$_->[0];
          }
          copy($srcpath,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/".$_->[1]);
          chmod 0755,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/".$_->[1];
       } else {
+         #print "$_\n";
          my $srcpath = "$installroot/netboot/$osver/$arch/$profile/rootimg/$_";
-         if (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
+         if (-f "$customdir/$_") {
+            $srcpath = "$customdir/$_";
+         } elsif (-f "$pathtofiles/$_") {
             $srcpath = "$pathtofiles/$_";
          }
          copy("$srcpath","/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/$_");
@@ -556,17 +567,10 @@ sub generic_post { #This function is meant to leave the image in a state approxi
 
 #get th extra package name
 sub get_extra_package_names {
-   my $otherpkglist;
+   my $otherpkglist=get_extra_pkglist_file_name($customdir);
+   if (!$otherpkglist) { $otherpkglist=get_extra_pkglist_file_name($pathtofiles); }
    my $pkgnames;
-   if (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } elsif (-r "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
-      $otherpkglist = "$pathtofiles/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
-   } 
+
    if ($otherpkglist) {
      my $pkgfile;
      open($pkgfile,"<","$otherpkglist");
@@ -579,3 +583,33 @@ sub get_extra_package_names {
 
    return $pkgnames;
 }
+
+sub get_extra_pkglist_file_name {
+   my $base=shift;
+   if (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return  "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$arch.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.otherpkgs.pkglist";
+   } 
+   return "";
+}
+
+sub get_pkglist_file_name {
+   my $base=shift;
+   if (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.$arch.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$arch.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$arch.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.$osver.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.$osver.pkglist";
+   } elsif (-r "$base/$profile.pkglist") {
+      return "$base/$profile.pkglist";
+   } 
+
+   return "";
+}
+
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
index 7fcbae01c..bd8b44737 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
@@ -146,8 +146,13 @@ else #AIX
   #on AIX use geninstall
   PKGS=`echo "$OTHERPKGS" | tr "," " "`
   cd /xcatpost/post/otherpkgs/$OSVER/$ARCH
-  geninstall -I aX -Y -d /xcatpost/post/otherpkgs/$OSVER/$ARCH $PKGS
-  exit 1
+  result=`geninstall -I aX -Y -d /xcatpost/post/otherpkgs/$OSVER/$ARCH $PKGS 2>&1`
+  rc=$?
+  if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$result"
+    logger "otherpkgs: $result"
+  fi
+  exit $rc
 fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
index 21e9e8d84..94a8dbc3c 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if (-f $scriptname)
       `echo "$POSTS" | tr "," "\n" >> $scriptname`;
    }
 
-    if (&runcmd($scriptname) != 0)
+    if (&runcmd("cd /xcatpost;$scriptname") != 0)
     {
 		print "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Could not run $scriptname.\n";
 		print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Could not run $scriptname.\n";
diff --git a/xCAT/xCAT.spec b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
index 788688bb9..0401bfe90 100644
--- a/xCAT/xCAT.spec
+++ b/xCAT/xCAT.spec
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ]; then #Only if installing for the fist time..
       XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0/sbin/chtab key=timezone site.value=`grep ^ZONE /etc/sysconfig/clock|cut -d= -f 2|sed -e 's/"//g'`
     fi
     if [ ! -r /etc/xcat/postscripts.sqlite ]; then
-      XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0/sbin/chtab node=xcatdefaults postscripts.postscripts='syslog,remoteshell,otherpkgs'
+      XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0/sbin/chtab node=xcatdefaults postscripts.postscripts='syslog,remoteshell'
       XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0/sbin/chtab node=service postscripts.postscripts='servicenode'
     fi
     if [ ! -r /etc/xcat/policy.sqlite ]; then