- install the makedev package, and create a default set of static device files using (after chrooting)
`# apt-get install makedev`
`# mount none /proc -t proc`
`# cd /dev`
`# MAKEDEV generic`

-manually create only specific device files using MAKEDEV

- bind mount /dev from your host system on top of /dev in the target system; note that the postinst scripts of some packages may try to create device files, so this option should only be used with care