diff --git a/linuxinstall/shell/nmsagent.sh b/linuxinstall/shell/nmsagent.sh
index 9450828..385a424 100644
--- a/linuxinstall/shell/nmsagent.sh
+++ b/linuxinstall/shell/nmsagent.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,18 @@
 # resolve links - $0 may be a softlink
 PRG="$0"
 
-#OS_TYPE=$( lsb_release -d| cut -d: -f2| cut -f2 )
-#echo $OS_TYPE
+if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
+  OS_TYPE=`cat /etc/redhat-release`
+else
+  islsb=`which lsb_release | wc -l` 
+  if [ "$islsb" != "0" ]; then
+    OS_TYPE=$( lsb_release -d| cut -d: -f2| cut -f2 )
+  else
+    OS_TYPE=`uname -a | awk '{print $1" "$2" "$3}'`
+  fi
+fi
+echo $OS_TYPE
+
 while [ -h "$PRG" ]; do
   ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
   link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`