diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm
index 856ca8edd..5c684821c 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/pxe.pm
@@ -126,11 +126,16 @@ sub setstate {
          }
      }
   }
+  my $hassymlink = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };
   foreach $ip (keys %ipaddrs) {
    my @ipa=split(/\./,$ip);
    my $pname = sprintf("%02X%02X%02X%02X",@ipa);
    unlink($tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
-   link($tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$node,$tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
+   if ($hassymlink) { 
+    symlink($node,$tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
+   } else {
+    link($tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$node,$tftpdir."/pxelinux.cfg/".$pname);
+   }
   }
 }
   
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm
index 7bf460aa4..65a74deff 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/yaboot.pm
@@ -135,11 +135,16 @@ sub setstate {
         }
      }
   }
+  my $hassymlink = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };
   foreach $ip (keys %ipaddrs) {
    my @ipa=split(/\./,$ip);
    my $pname = sprintf("%02x%02x%02x%02x",@ipa);
    unlink($tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
-   link($tftpdir."/etc/".$node,$tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
+   if ($hassymlink) { 
+    symlink($node,$tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
+   } else {
+    link($tftpdir."/etc/".$node,$tftpdir."/etc/".$pname);
+   }
   }
 }