First of all, thank you for a quick action and accurate reply! I was able to repeat the steps on another machine, using the updated guide. Still, the devices in /dev were missing. But now this is quite understandable, simply because it contains only the files from /usr/lib/debootstrap/devices.tar.gz file (see attached default-dev.txt file).
As a workaround one can do (at least in Linux, not sure about other OS's): # mount --bind /dev /mnt/ubuntu/dev before chrooting into installation environment, to use the /dev hierarchy of the running host system. Alternatively, one can mknod required devices in chroot just before installing grub and then remove them safely, because Linux kernel + udev should handle this gracefully from now on. ** Attachment added: "Comparison between /mnt/ubuntu/dev and debootstrap's devices.tar.gz" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4780586/default-dev.txt -- [Edgy] installation-guide-i386 - several steps are misleading or cannot be finished https://launchpad.net/bugs/64765 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
