[Re: Kernel Panic]

[Ben Pfaff]

Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> writes:

> "Jeremy Kettlewell" <warlock688@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>
> > >
> > >"Jeremy Kettlewell" <warlock688@hotmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > when I boot after the Mandrake welcome screen I get a Kernal panic:
> > > > VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 16:02.
> > >
> > >Do you have your root FS on hdc2 then?  That's device 16:02.
> >
> > Ya.
> 
> ?!?  Major 16, minor 2 is a Goldstar CD-ROM.  hdc2 is 22:02.  

0x16 == 22.  The kernel reports device numbers in hexadecimal.