diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
index be539c035..8ed0e0f97 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
@@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ sub mkinstall
     {
         my $osinst;
         my $ent = $ostab->getNodeAttribs($node, ['profile', 'os', 'arch']);
+        my @missingparms;
+        unless ($ent->{os}) {
+            push @missingparms,"nodetype.os";
+        }
+        unless ($ent->{arch}) {
+            push @missingparms,"nodetype.arch";
+        }
+        unless ($ent->{profile}) {
+            push @missingparms,"nodetype.profile";
+        }
         unless ($ent->{os} and $ent->{arch} and $ent->{profile})
         {
             $callback->(
                         {
-                         error => ["No profile defined in nodetype for $node"],
+                         error => ["Missing ".join(',',@missingparms)." for $node"],
                          errorcode => [1]
                         }
                         );
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
index df3429fc6..70ce21af3 100755
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/sbin/xcatd
@@ -667,7 +667,9 @@ sub plugin_command {
       if ($sock) {
          print $sock XMLout({node=>[{name=>[$_],data=>["Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: $queuelist"],errorcode=>[1]}]},NoAttr=>1,RootName=>'xcatresponse');
       } else {
-         $callback->({node=>[{name=>[$_],data=>['Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables'],errorcode=>[1]}]});
+         my $tabdesc = $queuelist;
+         $tabdesc =~ s/=.*$//;
+         $callback->({node=>[{name=>[$_],data=>['Unable to identify plugin for this command, check relevant tables: '.$tabdesc],errorcode=>[1]}]});
       }
      }
   }