diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
index b284ed297..7cb5876c0 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcataixpost
@@ -259,17 +259,20 @@ if (-f $scriptname)
     `echo "
 # subroutine used to run postscripts
 run_ps () {
+ logdir=\\"/var/log/xcat\\"
+ \\\`mkdir -p \\\$logdir\\\`
+ logfile=\\"/var/log/xcat/xcat.log\\"
+
  if [[ -f \\\$1 ]]; then
   echo \\"Running postscript: \\\$1\\"
-  print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: Running postscript: $1\n";
   OUTPUT=\\\`./\\\$1 2>&1\\\`
   if [[ -n \\\$OUTPUT ]]; then
     echo \\"\\\$OUTPUT\\"
-    print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: output=$output\n";
+    echo \\"Postscript \\\$1: \\\$OUTPUT\\" >> \\\$logfile
   fi
  else
   echo \\"Postscript \\\$1 does NOT exist.\\"
-  print $::LOG_FILE "$::sdate  xcataixpost: $1 does NOT exist.\n";
+  echo \\"Postscript \\\$1 does NOT exist.\\" >> \\\$logfile
  fi
 }
 # subroutine end
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
index fc052087e..817b574a5 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatdsklspost
@@ -308,15 +308,21 @@ fi
 TMP=`sed "/postscripts-start-here/,/postscripts-end-here/ s/\(.*\)/run_ps \1/;s/run_ps\s*#/#/;s/run_ps\s*$//" /tmp/mypostscript`
 echo "
 # subroutine used to run postscripts
-run_ps () { 
+run_ps () {
+ logdir=\"var/log/xcat\"
+ \`mkdir -p \$logdir\`
+ logfile=\"var/log/xcat/xcat.log\"
+ 
  if [[ -f \$1 ]]; then 
   echo \"Running postscript: \$1\"
   OUTPUT=\`./\$1 2>&1\`
   if [[ -n \$OUTPUT ]]; then
     echo \"\$OUTPUT\"
+    echo \"Postscript \$1: $OUTPUT\"\ >> \$logfile
   fi
  else
   echo \"Postscript \$1 does NOT exist.\"
+  echo \"Postscript \$1 does NOT exist.\" >> \$logfile
  fi
 }
 # subroutine end