To populate /dev , use a bind mount ( rbind=recursive bind , to catch /dev/pts

To populate /dev, use a bind mount (rbind=recursive bind, to catch /dev/pts): outside# mount --rbind /dev /path/to/chroot/dev You may also want to bind other things, like /home and /tmp (to make sharing files easier). Just remember to unmount them before rm -Rf'ing your chroot! You can put bind mounts in fstab. I believe that'd look something like this: /dev /chroot/dev none rbind 0 0 You may need to set up udev to set proper permissions on your USB device. For example, here are the udev rules I use for my phone: $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/local-android.rules ACTION!="add", GOTO="local-android_rules_end" SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GOTO="local-android_rules_real" SUBSYSTEM=="usb", GOTO="local-android_rules_real" GOTO="local-android_rules_end" LABEL="local-android_rules_real" # Mot Droid X ATTR{idVendor}=="22b8", ATTR{idProduct}=="428c", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev" LABEL="local-android_rules_end"