Messages in this thread | | | From | Steffen Grunewald <> | Subject | Re: Errors on non existing partitions | Date | Mon, 19 Jan 1998 20:59:59 +0100 (MET) |
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"Winfried Truemper writes" |> > The numbering is in hex. 08:14 is /dev/sdb4. |> Thank you to everyone who pointed that out (in private mail). I read the |> source now and I wonder why it's not printed as 0x08:0x14 (or printed |> decimal). As far as I can tell, most kernel messages (not only Linux') are in hex. They aren't meant to be read by mere humans anyway :-) Would you like the kernel being bloated by 0x... prefixes for every oops and panic message ?!?!^ -- name : Steffen Grunewald | disclaimer: My opinions are mine. email : steffen(at)gfz-potsdam.de | You can rent them. Ask me. snail : GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, PB 2.5, Albert-Einstein-Straße, Telegrafenberg Haus G, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany tel : (+49)-331-288 1245 | quotation (Pablo Picasso): fax : (+49)-331-288 1266 | Computers are useless. URL : http://www.gfz-potsdam.de | They only can give you answers.
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