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

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

[Colin Bell]

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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

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

[Colin Bell]

Ok, have solved part of it. For my version of VMware you have to  
compile the Buslogic driver into the kernel.

I also modified my fstab

/dev/sda1   /boot        ext2    defaults,noatime     1 2
/dev/sda2   none         swap    sw                   0 0
/dev/sda3   /            ext2    noatime             0 1

proc        /proc        proc    defaults             0 0
shm         /dev/shm     tmpfs   nodev,nosuid,noexec  0 0

/dev/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom   auto    noauto,user          0 0


Problem is, /dev/sda3 mounts as read only ?

Anyone ?
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] Can't get /dev/sda to mount

[Colin Bell]

Solved the mount problem. I was missing /etc/mtab

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