diff -uNr elilo-3.6-orig/fileops.c elilo-3.6/fileops.c
--- elilo-3.6-orig/fileops.c	2004-03-05 18:10:07.000000000 +0000
+++ elilo-3.6/fileops.c	2006-05-16 16:07:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -377,11 +377,13 @@
             defconf[i].fname[0] = CHAR_NULL;
         }
 
-	if (boot_dev == NULL || boot_dev->fops == NULL) {
+	if (boot_dev == NULL || boot_dev->fops == NULL || boot_dev->fops->setdefaults == NULL) {
 		if (boot_dev == NULL) 
 			Print(L"Warning boot device not recognized\n");
-		else
+		else if (!boot_dev->fops)
 			Print(L"Unknown filesystem on boot device\n");
+		else
+			Print(L"No special defaults for %s filesystem\n", boot_dev->fops->name);
 
 		Print(L"Using builtin defaults for kernel and config file\n");