diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/genimage
index 803324405..327ed22f1 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/debian/genimage
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ GetOptions(
    'otherpkglist=s' => \$otherpkglist,      #internal flag
    'postinstall=s' => \$postinstall_filename,  #internal flag
    'rootimgdir=s' => \$destdir,   #internal flag
-   'interactive' =>\$prompt, #internal flag
+   'interactive' =>\$prompt, 
 );
 
 if (@ARGV > 0) {
@@ -1282,11 +1282,11 @@ sub get_profile_def_filename {
 
 
 sub usage {	
-   print 'Usage: genimage -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] -o <osver> -p <profile> -k <kernelver> [-m <mode> [--permission <permission>]]'."\n";
+   print 'Usage: genimage -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] -o <osver> -p <profile> -k <kernelver> [-m <mode> [--permission <permission>]] [--interactive]'."\n";
    print "       --permission only works when '-m statelite' is set\n";
    print "Examples:\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n tg3 -o centos5.1 -p compute\n";
-   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute\n";
+   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute --interactive\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot -m statelite\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot -m statelite --permission 777\n";
    return 0;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
index 871cde4c0..05d8778ea 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/fedora12/genimage
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ GetOptions(
    'otherpkglist=s' => \$otherpkglist,      #internal flag
    'postinstall=s' => \$postinstall_filename,  #internal flag
    'rootimgdir=s' => \$destdir,   #internal flag
-   'interactive' =>\$prompt, #internal flag
+   'interactive' =>\$prompt, 
 );
 
 if (@ARGV > 0) {
@@ -1127,11 +1127,11 @@ sub generic_post { #This function is meant to leave the image in a state approxi
 
 
 sub usage {	
-   print 'Usage: genimage -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] -o <OSVER> -p <PROFILE> -k <KERNELVER> [-m <mode> [--permission <permission>]]'."\n";
+   print 'Usage: genimage -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] -o <OSVER> -p <PROFILE> -k <KERNELVER> [-m <mode> [--permission <permission>]] [--interactive]'."\n";
    print "       --permission only works when '-m statelite' is set\n";
    print "Examples:\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n tg3 -o centos5.1 -p compute\n";
-   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute\n";
+   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute --interactive\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot -m statelite\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot -m statelite --permission 777\n";
    return 0;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index 189cb3792..0c4bf571c 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ GetOptions(
    'otherpkglist=s' => \$otherpkglist,      #internal flag
    'postinstall=s' => \$postinstall_filename,  #internal flag
    'rootimgdir=s' => \$destdir,   #internal flag
-   'interactive' =>\$prompt, #internal flag
+   'interactive' =>\$prompt, 
 );
 
 if (@ARGV > 0) {
@@ -1565,11 +1565,11 @@ sub load_dd ()
 }
 
 sub usage {
-    print 'Usage: genimage [ -i <nodebootif> ] [ -n <nodenetdrivers> ] [-r <otherifaces>] -o <osver> -p <profile> -k <kernelver> [--permission <permission>]'."\n";
+    print 'Usage: genimage [ -i <nodebootif> ] [ -n <nodenetdrivers> ] [-r <otherifaces>] -o <osver> -p <profile> -k <kernelver> [--permission <permission>] [--interactive]'."\n";
    print "       --permission only works with statelite mode\n";
    print "Examples:\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n tg3 -o centos5.1 -p compute \n";
-   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute\n";
+   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute --interactive\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot --permission 777\n";
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index 19d4d79df..274553270 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ GetOptions(
    'otherpkglist=s' => \$otherpkglist,      #internal flag
    'postinstall=s' => \$postinstall_filename,  #internal flag
    'rootimgdir=s' => \$destdir,   #internal flag
-   'interactive' =>\$prompt, #internal flag
+   'interactive' =>\$prompt, 
  );
 
 if (@ARGV > 0) {
@@ -1657,11 +1657,11 @@ sub load_dd()
 }
 
 sub usage {
-    print 'Usage: genimage  -o <OSVER> [-a <arch>] -p <profile> -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] [-k <kernelver>] [-g <krpmver>] [-l rootlimitsize] [-t tmplimitsize] [--permission <permission>]'."\n";
+    print 'Usage: genimage  -o <OSVER> [-a <arch>] -p <profile> -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] [-k <kernelver>] [-g <krpmver>] [-l rootlimitsize] [-t tmplimitsize] [--permission <permission>] [--interactive]'."\n";
     print "       --permission is used for statelite only\n";
     print "Examples:\n";
     print " genimage -i eth0 -n tg3 -o sles11 -p compute\n";
-    print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o sles11 -p compute\n";
+    print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o sles11 -p compute --interactive\n";
     print " genimage -i eth0 -n tg3,bnx2 -o sles11 -p compute\n";
     print " genimage -i eth0 -n tg3,bnx2 -o sles11 -p compute --permission 777\n";
     return 0;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
index 257c85a28..99d1c34e1 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/genimage
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ GetOptions(
    'otherpkglist=s' => \$otherpkglist,      #internal flag
    'postinstall=s' => \$postinstall_filename,  #internal flag
    'rootimgdir=s' => \$destdir,   #internal flag
-   'interactive' =>\$prompt, #internal flag
+   'interactive' =>\$prompt, 
 );
 
 
@@ -1283,11 +1283,11 @@ sub get_profile_def_filename {
 
 
 sub usage {	
-   print 'Usage: genimage -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] -o <osver> -p <profile> -k <kernelver> [-m <mode> [--permission <permission>]]'."\n";
+   print 'Usage: genimage -i <nodebootif> -n <nodenetdrivers> [-r <otherifaces>] -o <osver> -p <profile> -k <kernelver> [-m <mode> [--permission <permission>]] [--interactive]'."\n";
    print "       --permission only works when '-m statelite' is set\n";
    print "Examples:\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n tg3 -o centos5.1 -p compute\n";
-   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute\n";
+   print " genimage -i eth0 -r eth1,eth2 -n tg3,bnx2 -o centos5.1 -p compute --interactive\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot -m statelite\n";
    print " genimage -i eth0 -n igb,e1000e,e1000,bnx2,tg3 -o centos5.4 -p nfsroot -m statelite --permission 777\n";
    return 0;