diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
index ef2d83a0f..65c3dfe2d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 package xCAT_plugin::anaconda;
 use Storable qw(dclone);
 use Sys::Syslog;
+use Thread qw(yield);
+use POSIX qw(WNOHANG nice);
 use xCAT::Table;
 use xCAT::Utils;
 use xCAT::MsgUtils;
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
 Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
 use File::Path;
 use File::Copy;
+my $cpiopid;
 
 my %distnames = (
   "1176234647.982657" => "centos5",
@@ -424,7 +427,29 @@ sub copycd {
   my $omask=umask 0022;
   mkpath("$installroot/$distname/$arch");
   umask $omask;
-  my $rc = system("cd $path; find . | nice -n 20 cpio -dump $installroot/$distname/$arch");
+  my $rc;
+  my $reaped=0;
+  $SIG{INT} =  $SIG{TERM} = sub { if ($cpiopid) { kill 2, $cpiopid; exit 0; } };
+  my $KID;
+  chdir $path;
+  my $child = open($KID,"|-");
+  unless (defined $child) {
+    $callback->({error=>"Media copy operation fork failure"});
+    return;
+  }
+  if ($child) {
+     $cpiopid = $child;
+     my @finddata = `find .`;
+     for (@finddata) {
+        print $KID $_;
+     }
+     close($KID);
+     $rc = $?;
+  } else {
+     nice 10;
+     exec "nice -n 20 cpio -dump $installroot/$distname/$arch";
+  }
+  #my $rc = system("cd $path; find . | nice -n 20 cpio -dump $installroot/$distname/$arch");
   #my $rc = system("cd $path;rsync -a . $installroot/$distname/$arch/");
   chmod 0755,"$installroot/$distname/$arch";
   xCAT::Yum->localize_yumrepo($installroot,$distname,$arch);
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
index 43ad1cb9b..920bc3ca2 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Thread qw(yield);
 use xCAT::Client submit_request;
 my $clientselect = new IO::Select;
 
+my %dispatched_children;
 use IO::Socket::SSL;
 my $inet6support;
 $inet6support=eval { require Socket6 };
@@ -379,6 +380,9 @@ $SIG{CHLD} = sub { while (waitpid(-1,WNOHANG) > 0) {} };
 $SIG{TERM} = $SIG{INT} = sub { 
    printf("Asked to quit...\n"); 
    $quit++;
+   foreach (keys %dispatched_children) {
+      kill 2, $_;
+   }
    $SIG{ALRM} = sub { exit 0; }; #die "Did not close out in time for 5 second grace period"; };
    alarm(2);
    };
@@ -679,7 +683,6 @@ sub plugin_command {
 }
 
 my $dispatch_dnf=0;
-my %dispatched_children;
 my $dispatch_cb;
 my $dispatch_parentfd;
 sub dispatch_callback {
@@ -701,7 +704,7 @@ sub dispatch_callback {
       my $rsp;
       if ($parselect->can_read(5)) { #block for up to 5 seconds before continuing
          if ($rsp = <$dispatch_parentfd>) {
-            if ($rsp =~ /die/) {
+            if ($rsp =~ /die/ or $quit) {
                exit 0;
             }
          } else {
@@ -743,10 +746,10 @@ sub relay_dispatch {
       }
       $clientintr=XMLin($clientintr, SuppressEmpty=>undef,ForceArray=>1 );
       if ($clientintr->{abortcommand}->[0]) {
+         foreach (keys %dispatched_children) {
+            kill 2, $_;
+         }
          foreach my $cin ($fds->handles) {
-            foreach (keys %dispatched_children) {
-               kill 2, $_;
-            }
             print $cin "die\n";
             $fds->remove($cin);
             close($cin);