[gentoo-embedded] Can't get /dev/sda to mount

[Colin Bell]

Hi all I've managed to build my first Gentoo embedded disk on VMware using the instructions from the wiki. It all boots and loads up but the /boot and the /mount/dongle mounts fail. The wiki has instructions for a usb dongle, but I modified the fstab slightly to work for a drive. If I try fdisk /dev/sda it says it can't find /dev/sda. /dev/sda and /dev/sda* (1-4) exist in the /dev directory. I have also tried deleting them and using mknod and mdev instead without success. I have added the scsi drivers in the kernel (as vmware emulates scsi). I get no errors in the /var/log/messages. /etc/fstab is none                    /tmp            tmpfs           defaults        0 0 none                    /proc           proc            defaults        0 0 /dev/sda1               /boot           ext2            noauto,ro       0 0 /dev/sda2               /mnt/dongle     ext2            defaults        0 0 I would really appreciate some pointers. Many thanks Colin