diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
index c1963d207..d0434eb06 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
@@ -491,25 +491,24 @@ sub process_request {
         }
         $oldmask = umask 0077;
     } elsif ($method =~ /tar/) {
+        my $checkoption1 = `tar --xattrs-include 2>&1`;
+        my $checkoption2 = `tar --selinux 2>&1`;
+        my $option;
+        if ($checkoption1 !~ /unrecognized/) {
+            $option .= "--xattrs-include='*' ";
+        }
+        if ($checkoption2 !~ /unrecognized/) {
+            $option .= "--selinux ";
+        }
         if (!$exlistloc) {
-            my $checkoption = `tar --xattrs-include 2>&1`;
-            if ($checkoption =~ /unrecognized/) {
-                $excludestr = "find . -xdev -print0 | tar --selinux --no-recursion --use-compress-program=$compress --null -T - -cf ../rootimg.$suffix";
-            } else {
-                $excludestr = "find . -xdev -print0 | tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' --no-recursion --use-compress-program=$compress --null -T - -cf ../rootimg.$suffix";
-            }
+            $excludestr = "find . -xdev -print0 | tar $option --no-recursion --use-compress-program=$compress --null -T - -cf ../rootimg.$suffix";
         } else {
             chdir("$rootimg_dir");
             system("$excludestr >> $xcat_packimg_tmpfile");
             if ($includestr) {
                 system("$includestr >> $xcat_packimg_tmpfile");
             }
-            my $checkoption = `tar --xattrs-include 2>&1`;
-            if ($checkoption =~ /unrecognized/) {
-                $excludestr = "cat $xcat_packimg_tmpfile| tar --selinux --no-recursion --use-compress-program=$compress -T - -cf  ../rootimg.$suffix";
-            } else {
-                $excludestr = "cat $xcat_packimg_tmpfile| tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' --no-recursion --use-compress-program=$compress -T - -cf  ../rootimg.$suffix";
-            }
+            $excludestr = "cat $xcat_packimg_tmpfile| tar $option --no-recursion --use-compress-program=$compress -T - -cf  ../rootimg.$suffix";
         }
         $oldmask = umask 0077;
     } elsif ($method =~ /squashfs/) {
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/dracut_033/xcatroot b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/dracut_033/xcatroot
index b12eb9a3f..80b366d9a 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/dracut_033/xcatroot
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/dracut_033/xcatroot
@@ -109,8 +109,14 @@ elif [ -r /rootimg.tar.gz ] || [ -r /rootimg.tar.xz ]; then
   echo -n "Extracting root filesystem:"
   if [ -r /rootimg.tar.gz ]; then
     tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' -zxf /rootimg.tar.gz
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        tar -zxf /rootimg.tar.gz
+    fi
   elif [ -r /rootimg.tar.xz ]; then
     tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' -Jxf /rootimg.tar.xz
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        tar -Jxf /rootimg.tar.xz
+    fi
   fi
   $NEWROOT/etc/init.d/localdisk
   [ "$xcatdebugmode" > "0" ] && logger -t xcat -p debug "Done...."
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index 23ca97d2c..e4d0d7686 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -1659,8 +1659,14 @@ EOMS
     print $inifile "    echo -n \"Extracting root filesystem:\"\n";
     print $inifile "    if [ -r /rootimg.tar.gz ]; then\n";
     print $inifile "        tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' -zxf /rootimg.tar.gz\n";
+    print $inifile "        if [ \$? -ne 0 ]; then\n";
+    print $inifile "            tar -zxf /rootimg.tar.gz\n";
+    print $inifile "        fi\n";
     print $inifile "    elif [ -r /rootimg.tar.xz ]; then\n";
     print $inifile "        tar --selinux --xattrs-include='*' -Jxf /rootimg.tar.xz\n";
+    print $inifile "        if [ \$? -ne 0 ]; then\n";
+    print $inifile "            tar -Jxf /rootimg.tar.xz\n";
+    print $inifile "        fi\n";
     print $inifile "    fi\n";
     print $inifile "    echo Done\n";
     print $inifile "else\n";
@@ -1770,7 +1776,7 @@ EOMS
         }
     }
     if ($mode eq "statelite") {
-        foreach ("sbin/ifconfig", "usr/bin/clear", "usr/bin/touch", "bin/hostname", "usr/bin/egrep", "bin/ln", "bin/ls", "usr/bin/dirname", "usr/bin/expr", "usr/bin/chroot", "usr/bin/grep", "bin/cpio", "bin/sleep", "bin/mount", "bin/umount", "sbin/dhcpcd", "bin/bash", "sbin/insmod", "bin/mkdir", "bin/mknod", "sbin/ip", "bin/cat", "usr/bin/awk", "usr/bin/wget", "bin/cp", "usr/bin/cpio", "usr/bin/zcat", "usr/bin/gzip", "lib/mkinitrd/bin/run-init", "usr/bin/uniq", "usr/bin/sed", "usr/bin/wc", "bin/sed", "sbin/udevd", "usr/bin/readlink", "usr/sbin/parted", "sbin/mke2fs", "sbin/mkswap", "sbin/swapon", "bin/chmod", "usr/bin/bc", "usr/bin/xz", "usr/bin/gzip", "usr/bin/tar") {
+        foreach ("sbin/ifconfig", "usr/bin/clear", "usr/bin/touch", "bin/hostname", "usr/bin/egrep", "bin/ln", "bin/ls", "usr/bin/dirname", "usr/bin/expr", "usr/bin/chroot", "usr/bin/grep", "bin/cpio", "bin/sleep", "bin/mount", "bin/umount", "sbin/dhcpcd", "bin/bash", "sbin/insmod", "bin/mkdir", "bin/mknod", "sbin/ip", "bin/cat", "usr/bin/awk", "usr/bin/wget", "bin/cp", "usr/bin/cpio", "usr/bin/zcat", "usr/bin/gzip", "lib/mkinitrd/bin/run-init", "usr/bin/uniq", "usr/bin/sed", "usr/bin/wc", "bin/sed", "sbin/udevd", "usr/bin/readlink", "usr/sbin/parted", "sbin/mke2fs", "sbin/mkswap", "sbin/swapon", "bin/chmod", "usr/bin/bc", "usr/bin/xz", "usr/bin/gzip", "bin/tar") {
             getlibs($_);
             push @filestoadd, $_;
         }
@@ -1782,7 +1788,7 @@ EOMS
         }
 
     } else {
-        foreach ("sbin/ifconfig", "usr/bin/clear", "usr/bin/touch", "usr/bin/grep", "usr/bin/egrep", "bin/cpio", "bin/sleep", "bin/mount", "sbin/dhcpcd", "bin/bash", "sbin/insmod", "bin/mkdir", "bin/mknod", "sbin/ip", "bin/cat", "usr/bin/awk", "usr/bin/wget", "bin/cp", "usr/bin/cpio", "usr/bin/zcat", "usr/bin/gzip", "lib/mkinitrd/bin/run-init", "usr/bin/uniq", "usr/bin/sed", "sbin/udevd", "usr/bin/readlink", "usr/bin/expr", "usr/sbin/parted", "sbin/mke2fs", "sbin/mkswap", "sbin/swapon", "bin/chmod", "usr/bin/bc", "usr/bin/xz", "usr/bin/gzip", "usr/bin/tar") {
+        foreach ("sbin/ifconfig", "usr/bin/clear", "usr/bin/touch", "usr/bin/grep", "usr/bin/egrep", "bin/cpio", "bin/sleep", "bin/mount", "sbin/dhcpcd", "bin/bash", "sbin/insmod", "bin/mkdir", "bin/mknod", "sbin/ip", "bin/cat", "usr/bin/awk", "usr/bin/wget", "bin/cp", "usr/bin/cpio", "usr/bin/zcat", "usr/bin/gzip", "lib/mkinitrd/bin/run-init", "usr/bin/uniq", "usr/bin/sed", "sbin/udevd", "usr/bin/readlink", "usr/bin/expr", "usr/sbin/parted", "sbin/mke2fs", "sbin/mkswap", "sbin/swapon", "bin/chmod", "usr/bin/bc", "usr/bin/xz", "usr/bin/gzip", "bin/tar") {
             getlibs($_);
             push @filestoadd, $_;
         }