diff --git a/operation/configure_bootloader_cnf.sh b/operation/configure_bootloader_cnf.sh
index 895975c..72ad3dc 100755
--- a/operation/configure_bootloader_cnf.sh
+++ b/operation/configure_bootloader_cnf.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ configure_elilo_cnf()
 {
 	local root_dev
 	root_dev="/dev/$ROOT_PARTITION"
- 	sed -i "s@root=@root=$root_dev@g" /mnt/boot/efi/boot/elilo.conf
+ 	sed -i "s@root=@root=$root_dev@g" $ELILO_CNF
 }
 
 configure_grub_cnf ()
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ main ()
 				;;
 			elilo)
 				if [ -z "$ROOT_PARTITION" ]; then
-					err "configure grub configuration file root partition can't be empty"
+					err "configure elilo configuration file root partition can't be empty"
 					exit 1
 				fi
 				configure_elilo_cnf
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ GRUB_DIR="$TARGET/boot/grub"
 GRUBMENU="$GRUB_DIR/menu.lst"
 GRUBCNF="$GRUB_DIR/grub.conf.sample"
 DEVICEMAP="$GRUB_DIR/device.map"
+ELILO_CNF="$TARGET/boot/efi/boot/elilo.conf"
 
 # The quotes around '$@' are essential!
 # in this way we can accept whitespace as parameter.