diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index a5048e4db..1c1f2659d 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ unless ($onlyinitrd) {
                    print "Cannot find the kernel package with the versioin $krpmver.\n";
                    exit 1;
                  }
-                 my $kernelname = "$kern=".$krpmver;
+                 my $kernelname = "$kern-".$krpmver;
                  push @npa, $kernelname;
                }
              } else {
@@ -1549,6 +1549,7 @@ sub generic_post { # This function is meant to leave the image in a state approx
 
     system("sed  -i 's!\\(HWCLOCK=\\).*!\\1\"--localtime\"!' $rootimg_dir/etc/sysconfig/clock");
 
+
     unlink("$rootimg_dir/dev/null");
     system("mknod $rootimg_dir/dev/null c 1 3");
     open($cfgfile,">","$rootimg_dir/etc/fstab");