diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_init b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_init
index 3968535..9bb9784 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_init
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_chef_init
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ service ntp stop 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 ntpdate $ntp_server 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 service ntp start 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 echo "new date is: `date`" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+yum -y update 2>&1 >> /tmp/yum_update.log
 
 crontab -l  > /tmp/mycron
 echo "*/30 * * * *  /etc/chef/chef_client_run.sh" >> /tmp/mycron
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_install_network_config b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_install_network_config
index f331522..c22225a 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_post_install_network_config
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ rm -f /etc/sysconfig/network
 mv -f /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler /etc/sysconfig/network
 #end if
 
+cat << EOF > /sbin/ifup-local
+#raw
+#!/bin/bash
+RC=0
+PROM=\$(egrep -i 'promisc' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-\$1 | awk -F"=" '{ print \$2 }')
+if [[ "\$PROM" == "yes" ]]; then
+  ip link set dev \$1 promisc on
+  RC=\$?
+fi
+exit \$RC
+#end raw
+EOF
+chmod +x /sbin/ifup-local 
+
 #if $hostname != ""
 # set the hostname in the network configuration file
 grep -v HOSTNAME /etc/sysconfig/network > /etc/sysconfig/network.cobbler
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum
index 1cd6a7e..dc4026f 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/kickstart_yum
@@ -36,12 +36,23 @@ mv -f /etc/yum.repos.d/* /root/repo_backup/
 #set os_info = $profile_name.split('-')
 #set osname = $os_info[0].lower()
 #set osversion = $os_info[1]
+#set osversion_flat = $osversion.replace('.', '_') 
+
+cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/${osname}_${osversion_flat}_os_repo.repo
+[${osname}_${osversion_flat}_os_repo]
+name=${osname} - ${osname}_${osversion_flat}_os_repo
+proxy=_none_
+baseurl=$tree
+enabled=1
+gpgcheck=0
+skip_if_unavailable=1
+EOF
 
 #set $repo_data = $getVar("repo_data",[])
 #for $repo in $repo_data
 cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/${repo.name}.repo
 [$repo.name]
-name=CentOS - $repo.name
+name=${osname} - $repo.name
     #if $repo.mirror_locally
 baseurl=http://$http_server/cblr/repo_mirror/${repo.name}
 proxy=_none_
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_init b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_init
index a39fc3f..57fe767 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_init
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_chef_init
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ service ntpd stop 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 ntpdate $ntp_server 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 service ntpd start 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 echo "new date is: `date`" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+apt-get -y update 2>&1 >> /tmp/apt_update
 
 crontab -l  > /tmp/mycron
 echo "*/30 * * * *  /etc/chef/chef_client_run.sh" >> /tmp/mycron
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
index 187484f..d9b5792 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #set os_info = $profile_name.split('-')
 #set osname = $os_info[0].lower()
 #set osversion = $os_info[1]
+#set osversion_flat = $osversion.replace('.', '_')
 
 cat << EOF > /etc/apt/apt.conf
 APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ $SNIPPET($repos_snippet)
     #set $rarch = "[arch=%s]" % $arch
 #end if
 
+cat << EOF >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+deb ${rarch} $tree $os_version main restricted
+EOF
+
 cat << EOF >> /etc/apt/sources.list
     #set $repo_data = $getVar("repo_data",[])
     #for $repo in $repo_data
@@ -56,7 +61,8 @@ cat << EOF >> /etc/apt/sources.list
 deb ${rarch} $local_repo/$compass_repo/ local_repo main
 EOF
 
-    #if $getVar("local_repo_only","1") != "0"
-apt-get -y update
+		
+    #if $getVar("local_repo_only","1") != "0"		 
+apt-get -y update		
     #end if
 #end if
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/suse_chef_init b/cobbler/snippets/suse_chef_init
index 47f97ad..db84838 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/suse_chef_init
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/suse_chef_init
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ service ntp stop 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 ntpdate $ntp_server 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 service ntp start 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
 echo "new date is: `date`" 2>&1 >> /tmp/ntp.log
+zypper -n update 2>&1 >> /tmp/zypp_update
 
 crontab -l  > /tmp/mycron
 echo "*/30 * * * *  /etc/chef/chef_client_run.sh" >> /tmp/mycron
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/suse_zypp b/cobbler/snippets/suse_zypp
index ee802b2..075ca81 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/suse_zypp
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/suse_zypp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #set os_info = $profile_name.split('-')
 #set osname = $os_info[0].lower()
 #set osversion = $os_info[1]
+#set osversion_flat = $osversion.replace('.', '_') 
 
 #if $getVar("local_repo", "") == "" or $getVar("local_repo_only","1") == "0"
     #set repos_snippet = 'zypp.repos.d/%s/%s/autoyast_repos' % ($osname, $osversion)
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ type=rpm-md
 keeppackages=1
 EOF
 
-    #if $getVar("local_repo_only","1") != "0"
-zypper -n update
+    #if $getVar("local_repo_only","1") != "0"		
+zypper -n update		
     #end if
 #end if