diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
index 311644d6a..fd0a96e1c 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
@@ -574,8 +574,21 @@ sub mknetboot
                 }
 		    }
 		    $kcmdline .= $statemnt ." ";
+                    my $xcatmasterip;
+                    # if xcatmaster is hostname, convert it to ip address
+                    if (xCAT::Utils->validate_ip($xcatmaster)) {
+                        # Using XCAT=<hostname> will cause problems rc.statelite.ppc.redhat
+                        # when trying to run chroot command
+                        $xcatmasterip = xCAT::NetworkUtils->getipaddr($xcatmaster);
+                        if (!$xcatmasterip)
+                        {
+                            $xcatmasterip = $xcatmaster;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        $xcatmasterip = $xcatmaster;
+                    }
 		    $kcmdline .=
-			    "XCAT=$xcatmaster:$xcatdport ";
+			    "XCAT=$xcatmasterip:$xcatdport ";
             if ($rootfstype ne "ramdisk") {
                 # BEGIN service node
                 my $isSV = xCAT::Utils->isServiceNode();
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite
index 373b70ba1..83f86be42 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite
@@ -533,9 +533,11 @@ ResolveLinks
 # make sure mtab points to the right place:
 /bin/ln -sf /proc/mounts ${TMPFS}/etc/mtab
 
-/bin/cat /etc/resolv.conf > $MNTDIR/etc/resolv.conf
-
 # catch all hack for debugging:
 #cp -r -a ${DEFAULT}/* /.snapshot/tmpfs/
 # foo
+# If the resolv.conf is not setup in rootimg, copy the dhcp generated one into rootimg
+if grep --quiet --no-messages "Dummy resolv.conf" "$MNTDIR/etc/resolv.conf"; then
+/bin/cat /etc/resolv.conf > $MNTDIR/etc/resolv.conf
+fi
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat
index 6216a37ac..297b7c211 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/add-on/statelite/rc.statelite.ppc.redhat
@@ -536,3 +536,8 @@ ResolveLinks
 # catch all hack for debugging:
 #cp -r -a ${DEFAULT}/* /.snapshot/tmpfs/
 # foo
+
+# If the resolv.conf is not setup in rootimg, copy the dhcp generated one into rootimg
+if grep --quiet --no-messages "Dummy resolv.conf" "$MNTDIR/etc/resolv.conf"; then
+/bin/cat /etc/resolv.conf > $MNTDIR/etc/resolv.conf
+fi