diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite
index ee7116362..12dd026b2 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ FindFile () {
 	do
 		if [ -e ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} ]; then
 			FOUND=1  # we found it!
-            if [ -z $(ls ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path}) ]; then
+            if [ -d ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} ] && [ "0" -eq `ls -A ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} |wc -l` ]; then
                 FOUND=0
             else
 			    ProcessType ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} ${path} ${type} ${isChild}
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat
index 8c33bed0b..3db4ce1ae 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ FindFile () {
 	do
 		if [ -e ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} ]; then
 			FOUND=1  # we found it!
-            if [ -z $(ls ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path}) ]; then
+            if [ -d ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} ] && [ "0" -eq `ls -A ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} |wc -l` ]; then
                 FOUND=0
             else
 			    ProcessType ${TREEMOUNT}/${DIR}${path} ${path} ${type} ${isChild}
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
index 5a757eefc..f88dcff10 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ EOMS
      }
    }
    # add rsync for statelite
-   foreach ("bin/cpio","bin/mkdir","sbin/insmod","sbin/nash","bin/sleep","sbin/ifconfig","bin/grep","sbin/dhclient","bin/dash","bin/mount","bin/mknod","usr/bin/wget","sbin/rmmod","sbin/mount.nfs","/usr/bin/rsync") {
+   foreach ("bin/cpio","bin/mkdir","sbin/insmod","sbin/nash","bin/sleep","sbin/ifconfig","bin/grep","sbin/dhclient","bin/dash","bin/mount","bin/mknod","usr/bin/wget","sbin/rmmod","sbin/mount.nfs","usr/bin/rsync", "usr/bin/wc") {
       getlibs($_);
       push @filestoadd,$_;
    }
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/install.statelite b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/install.statelite
index 17b03012e..c9c25c6b2 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/install.statelite
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut/install.statelite
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo $drivers
-dracut_install wget cpio gzip dash  modprobe
+dracut_install wget cpio gzip dash  modprobe wc
 dracut_install grep ifconfig hostname awk egrep grep dirname expr
 inst_hook pre-pivot 5 "$moddir/xcat-prepivot.sh"
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index 90b06bb0f..a55df5085 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ EOMS
      }
    }
    # add rsync for statelite
-   foreach ("bin/cpio","sbin/nash","sbin/busybox.anaconda","sbin/rmmod", "bin/bash", "usr/sbin/chroot", "sbin/mount.nfs", "/usr/bin/rsync") {
+   foreach ("bin/cpio","sbin/nash","sbin/busybox.anaconda","sbin/rmmod", "bin/bash", "usr/sbin/chroot", "sbin/mount.nfs", "usr/bin/rsync", "usr/bin/wc") {
       getlibs($_);
       push @filestoadd,$_;
    }
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage.rh4 b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage.rh4
index d1385a127..adcca5cba 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage.rh4
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage.rh4
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ chmod(0755,"/tmp/xcatinitrd.$$/init");
         "usr/bin/dirname",
         "bin/ln",
         "bin/chmod",
+        "usr/bin/wc",
         "bin/uname" # hostname will use it
     );
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index c66a28f68..226500e87 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ END
      }
    }
     if($mode eq "statelite") {
-        foreach ("sbin/ifconfig", "usr/bin/clear", "sbin/mount.nfs","sbin/umount.nfs","bin/hostname","usr/bin/egrep","bin/ln","bin/ls","usr/bin/dirname","usr/bin/expr","usr/bin/chroot","usr/bin/grep","bin/cpio","bin/sleep","bin/mount","bin/umount","sbin/dhcpcd","bin/bash","sbin/insmod","bin/mkdir","bin/mknod","sbin/ip","bin/cat","usr/bin/awk","usr/bin/wget","bin/cp","usr/bin/cpio","usr/bin/zcat","usr/bin/gzip","lib/mkinitrd/bin/run-init","usr/bin/uniq","usr/bin/sed") {
+        foreach ("sbin/ifconfig", "usr/bin/clear", "sbin/mount.nfs","sbin/umount.nfs","bin/hostname","usr/bin/egrep","bin/ln","bin/ls","usr/bin/dirname","usr/bin/expr","usr/bin/chroot","usr/bin/grep","bin/cpio","bin/sleep","bin/mount","bin/umount","sbin/dhcpcd","bin/bash","sbin/insmod","bin/mkdir","bin/mknod","sbin/ip","bin/cat","usr/bin/awk","usr/bin/wget","bin/cp","usr/bin/cpio","usr/bin/zcat","usr/bin/gzip","lib/mkinitrd/bin/run-init","usr/bin/uniq","usr/bin/sed","usr/bin/wc") {
             getlibs($_); 
             push @filestoadd,$_;
         }