diff -ur debootstrap.orig/Makefile debootstrap/Makefile
--- debootstrap.orig/Makefile	2009-09-21 11:23:11.000000000 -0400
+++ debootstrap/Makefile	2009-09-30 15:01:01.899945579 -0400
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 	mkdir -p dev
 	chown 0:0 dev
 	chmod 755 dev
-	(cd dev && $(MAKEDEV) std ptmx fd consoleonly)
+	$(MAKEDEV) -d dev std ptmx fd
+	$(MAKEDEV) -d dev -x console
+	mknod dev/console c 5 1
 	tar cf - dev | gzip -9 >devices.tar.gz
 	rm -rf dev