@@ -17,29 +17,26 @@ func Setup(rootfs, consolePath, mountLabel string) error {

 	oldMask := system.Umask(0000)

 	defer system.Umask(oldMask)

-	stat, err := os.Stat(consolePath)

-	if err != nil {

-		return fmt.Errorf("stat console %s %s", consolePath, err)

-	}

-	var (

-		st   = stat.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)

-		dest = filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev/console")

-	)

-	if err := os.Remove(dest); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {

-		return fmt.Errorf("remove %s %s", dest, err)

-	}

 	if err := os.Chmod(consolePath, 0600); err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

 	if err := os.Chown(consolePath, 0, 0); err != nil {

 		return err

 	}

-	if err := system.Mknod(dest, (st.Mode&^07777)|0600, int(st.Rdev)); err != nil {

-		return fmt.Errorf("mknod %s %s", dest, err)

-	}

 	if err := label.SetFileLabel(consolePath, mountLabel); err != nil {

-		return fmt.Errorf("set file label %s %s", dest, err)

+		return fmt.Errorf("set file label %s %s", consolePath, err)

 	}

+

+	dest := filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev/console")

+

+	f, err := os.Create(dest)

+	if err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {

+		return fmt.Errorf("create %s %s", dest, err)

+	}

+	if f != nil {

+		f.Close()

+	}

+

 	if err := system.Mount(consolePath, dest, "bind", syscall.MS_BIND, ""); err != nil {

 		return fmt.Errorf("bind %s to %s %s", consolePath, dest, err)

 	}