diff --git a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
index 9b7ee2fab..40d7afa7a 100644
--- a/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
+++ b/oam/oamcpp/liboamcpp.cpp
@@ -6506,10 +6506,10 @@ void Oam::addUMdisk(const int moduleID, std::string& volumeName, std::string& de
     user = getuid();
 
 	if ( user == 0 )
-    	cmd = "mkfs.ext2 -F " + device + " > /dev/null 2>&1";
+    	cmd = "mkfs.ext2 -F " + device + " > " + tmpdir + "/format.log 2>&1";
 	else
-        cmd = "sudo mkfs.ext2 -F " + device + " > /dev/null 2>&1";
-	
+        cmd = "sudo mkfs.ext2 -F " + device + " > " + tmpdir + "/format.log 2>&1";
+cout << "1 " << cmd << endl;	
     system(cmd.c_str());
 
     //detach volume
@@ -6762,6 +6762,7 @@ void Oam::addDbroot(const int dbrootNumber, DBRootConfigList& dbrootlist, string
 
             writeLog("addDbroot format cmd: " + cmd, LOG_TYPE_DEBUG );
 
+cout << "1 " << cmd << endl;	
             system(cmd.c_str());
 
             //detach