Kernel Panic due to changes in Hardware?

[digitalzero]

When I was vacuuming the insides of my computer I changed the IDE connections of my Burner and DVD. Now when I restart Linux it stops and says: Kernel Panic
couldnt find FS or something like that.
Any suggestions?

[DMR]

Changing your IDE configuration will change the /dev/hdx designation of your devices, although unless you also moved a hard drive I'm not sure why the system would panic at boot. Put the drives back the way they were and see if the panic disappears.

[mdwatts]

How did vacuuming change the ide connections?

I can understand steam cleaning doing this, but not plain vacuuming. ;)

What were the ide connections prior to the change and what are they now?

You can try booting from a rescue disk and have a look at /etc/fstab and change what is necessary.

I agree with DMR as unless you changed your boot device (HDD), I don't see why your kernel should panic.