diff --git a/debian/multistrap.install b/debian/multistrap.install
index 115a965..7a23b97 100644
--- a/debian/multistrap.install
+++ b/debian/multistrap.install
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 multistrap ./usr/sbin/
 doc/multistrap/man/* ./usr/share/man/
+examples/device_table.txt ./usr/share/doc/multistrap/examples/
 examples/multistrap-example.conf ./usr/share/doc/multistrap/examples/
 examples/sid.conf ./usr/share/multistrap/
 examples/squeeze.conf ./usr/share/multistrap/
 examples/lenny.conf ./usr/share/multistrap/
 examples/setup.sh ./usr/share/doc/multistrap/examples/
 examples/config.sh ./usr/share/doc/multistrap/examples/
-update-rc.d ./usr/share/multistrap/
 check-deps.sh ./usr/share/multistrap/
 device-table.pl ./usr/share/multistrap/
+update-rc.d ./usr/share/multistrap/
 crosschroot.conf ./usr/share/multistrap/
 bash/multistrap ./etc/bash_completion.d/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 80d5c51..2e1989b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/simple-patchsys.mk
 
 DEB_MAKE_INSTALL_TARGET=install
-
+DEB_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE := device_table.txt
diff --git a/device-table.pl b/device-table.pl
index 58b4e5d..d21b476 100755
--- a/device-table.pl
+++ b/device-table.pl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use File::Basename;
 use POSIX qw(locale_h);
 use Locale::gettext;
 use vars qw/ @list @seq $file $dir $line @cmd $i $dry
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ $ourversion = &our_version();
 # default file from mtd-utils.
 $file = "/usr/share/multistrap/device-table.txt";
 $dir = `pwd`;
+chomp ($dir);
+$dir .= "/tmp/";
 $fakeroot = "fakeroot";
 
 while( @ARGV ) {
@@ -64,11 +67,10 @@ while( @ARGV ) {
 
 $msg = sprintf (_g("Need a configuration file - use %s -f\n"), $progname);
 die ($msg)
-	if (-f $file);
+	if (not -f $file);
 
-my $ret = mkdir ("$dir") if (not -d "$dir");
-die ("Unable to create directory '$dir'\n")
-	if ($ret == 0);
+my $ret = 0;
+$ret = mkdir ("$dir") if (not -d "$dir");
 $dir = `realpath $dir`;
 chomp ($dir);
 $dir .= ($dir =~ m:/$:) ? '' : "/";
@@ -116,6 +118,19 @@ sub our_version {
 	(defined $query) ? return $query : return "0.0.9";
 }
 
+sub usageversion {
+	printf STDERR (_g("
+%s version %s
+
+ %s [-d DIR] [-f FILE]
+ %s -?|-h|--help|--version
+"), $progname, $ourversion, $progname, $progname);
+}
+
+sub _g {
+    return gettext(shift);
+}
+
 =pod
 
 =head1 Name
diff --git a/examples/device_table.txt b/examples/device_table.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74fdc56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/device_table.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# This is a sample device table file for use with mkfs.jffs2.  You can
+# do all sorts of interesting things with a device table file.  For
+# example, if you want to adjust the permissions on a particular file
+# you can just add an entry like:
+#   /sbin/foobar	f	2755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
+# and (assuming the file /sbin/foobar exists) it will be made setuid
+# root (regardless of what its permissions are on the host filesystem.
+# 
+# Device table entries take the form of:
+# <name>		<type>	<mode>	<uid>	<gid>	<major>	<minor>	<start>	<inc>	<count>
+# where name is the file name,  type can be one of: 
+#	f	A regular file
+#	d	Directory
+#	c	Character special device file
+#	b	Block special device file
+#	p	Fifo (named pipe)
+# uid is the user id for the target file, gid is the group id for the
+# target file.  The rest of the entried apply only to device special
+# file.
+
+# When building a target filesystem, it is desirable to not have to
+# become root and then run 'mknod' a thousand times.  Using a device 
+# table you can create device nodes and directories "on the fly".
+# Furthermore, you can use a single table entry to create a many device
+# minors.  For example, if I wanted to create /dev/hda and /dev/hda[0-15]
+# I could just use the following two table entries:
+#   /dev/hda	b	640	0	0	3	0	0	0	-
+#   /dev/hda	b	640	0	0	3	1	1	1	15
+#
+# Have fun
+# -Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
+#
+
+#<name>		<type>	<mode>	<uid>	<gid>	<major>	<minor>	<start>	<inc>	<count>
+/dev		d	755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
+/dev/mem	c	640	0	0	1	1	0	0	-
+/dev/kmem	c	640	0	0	1	2	0	0	-
+/dev/null	c	640	0	0	1	3	0	0	-
+/dev/zero	c	640	0	0	1	5	0	0	-
+/dev/random	c	640	0	0	1	8	0	0	-
+/dev/urandom	c	640	0	0	1	9	0	0	-
+/dev/tty	c	666	0	0	5	0	0	0	-
+/dev/tty	c	666	0	0	4	0	0	1	6
+/dev/console	c	640	0	0	5	1	0	0	-
+/dev/ram	b	640	0	0	1	1	0	0	-
+/dev/ram	b	640	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
+/dev/loop	b	640	0	0	7	0	0	1	2
+/dev/ptmx	c	666	0	0	5	2	0	0	-
+#/dev/ttyS	c	640	0	0	4	64	0	1	4
+#/dev/psaux	c	640	0	0	10	1	0	0	-
+#/dev/rtc	c	640	0	0	10	135	0	0	-
+
+# Adjust permissions on some normal files
+#/etc/shadow	f	600	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
+#/bin/tinylogin	f	4755	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
+
+# User-mode Linux stuff
+/dev/ubda	b	640	0	0	98	0	0	0	-
+/dev/ubda	b	640	0	0	98	1	1	1	15
+
+# IDE Devices
+/dev/hda	b	640	0	0	3	0	0	0	-
+/dev/hda	b	640	0	0	3	1	1	1	15
+/dev/hdb	b	640	0	0	3	64	0	0	-
+/dev/hdb	b	640	0	0	3	65	1	1	15
+#/dev/hdc	b	640	0	0	22	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/hdc	b	640	0	0	22	1	1	1	15
+#/dev/hdd	b	640	0	0	22	64	0	0	-
+#/dev/hdd	b	640	0	0	22	65	1	1	15
+#/dev/hde	b	640	0	0	33	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/hde	b	640	0	0	33	1	1	1	15
+#/dev/hdf	b	640	0	0	33	64	0	0	-
+#/dev/hdf	b	640	0	0	33	65	1	1	15
+#/dev/hdg	b	640	0	0	34	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/hdg	b	640	0	0	34	1	1	1	15
+#/dev/hdh	b	640	0	0	34	64	0	0	-
+#/dev/hdh	b	640	0	0	34	65	1	1	15
+
+# SCSI Devices
+#/dev/sda	b	640	0	0	8	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/sda	b	640	0	0	8	1	1	1	15
+#/dev/sdb	b	640	0	0	8	16	0	0	-
+#/dev/sdb	b	640	0	0	8	17	1	1	15
+#/dev/sdc	b	640	0	0	8	32	0	0	-
+#/dev/sdc	b	640	0	0	8	33	1	1	15
+#/dev/sdd	b	640	0	0	8	48	0	0	-
+#/dev/sdd	b	640	0	0	8	49	1	1	15
+#/dev/sde	b	640	0	0	8	64	0	0	-
+#/dev/sde	b	640	0	0	8	65	1	1	15
+#/dev/sdf	b	640	0	0	8	80	0	0	-
+#/dev/sdf	b	640	0	0	8	81	1	1	15
+#/dev/sdg	b	640	0	0	8	96	0	0	-
+#/dev/sdg	b	640	0	0	8	97	1	1	15
+#/dev/sdh	b	640	0	0	8	112	0	0	-
+#/dev/sdh	b	640	0	0	8	113	1	1	15
+#/dev/sg		c	640	0	0	21	0	0	1	15
+#/dev/scd	b	640	0	0	11	0	0	1	15
+#/dev/st		c	640	0	0	9	0	0	1	8
+#/dev/nst	c	640	0	0	9	128	0	1	8
+#/dev/st	c	640	0	0	9	32	1	1	4
+#/dev/st	c	640	0	0	9	64	1	1	4
+#/dev/st	c	640	0	0	9	96	1	1	4
+
+# Floppy disk devices
+#/dev/fd		b	640	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
+#/dev/fd0d360	b	640	0	0	2	4	0	0	-
+#/dev/fd1d360	b	640	0	0	2	5	0	0	-
+#/dev/fd0h1200	b	640	0	0	2	8	0	0	-
+#/dev/fd1h1200	b	640	0	0	2	9	0	0	-
+#/dev/fd0u1440	b	640	0	0	2	28	0	0	-
+#/dev/fd1u1440	b	640	0	0	2	29	0	0	-
+#/dev/fd0u2880	b	640	0	0	2	32	0	0	-
+#/dev/fd1u2880	b	640	0	0	2	33	0	0	-
+
+# All the proprietary cdrom devices in the world
+#/dev/aztcd	b	640	0	0	29	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/bpcd	b	640	0	0	41	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/capi20	c	640	0	0	68	0	0	1	2
+#/dev/cdu31a	b	640	0	0	15	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/cdu535	b	640	0	0	24	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/cm206cd	b	640	0	0	32	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/sjcd	b	640	0	0	18	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/sonycd	b	640	0	0	15	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/gscd	b	640	0	0	16	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/sbpcd	b	640	0	0	25	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/sbpcd	b	640	0	0	25	0	0	1	4
+#/dev/mcd	b	640	0	0	23	0	0	0	-
+#/dev/optcd	b	640	0	0	17	0	0	0	-
+
diff --git a/examples/lenny.conf b/examples/lenny.conf
index bbecf9a..07bb95d 100644
--- a/examples/lenny.conf
+++ b/examples/lenny.conf
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ unpack=true
 debootstrap=Debian
 aptsources=Debian
 
-[Debian]      
-packages=      
-source=http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian      
-keyring=debian-archive-keyring      
-suite=lenny 
+[Debian]
+packages=
+source=http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian
+keyring=debian-archive-keyring
+suite=lenny
diff --git a/examples/sid.conf b/examples/sid.conf
index 6fab776..3a89843 100644
--- a/examples/sid.conf
+++ b/examples/sid.conf
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ unpack=true
 debootstrap=Debian
 aptsources=Debian
 
-[Debian]      
-packages=      
-source=http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian      
-keyring=debian-archive-keyring      
+[Debian]
+packages=
+source=http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian
+keyring=debian-archive-keyring
 suite=sid
diff --git a/examples/squeeze.conf b/examples/squeeze.conf
index e825d14..007bf03 100644
--- a/examples/squeeze.conf
+++ b/examples/squeeze.conf
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ unpack=true
 debootstrap=Debian
 aptsources=Debian
 
-[Debian]      
-packages=      
-source=http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian      
-keyring=debian-archive-keyring      
+[Debian]
+packages=
+source=http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian
+keyring=debian-archive-keyring
 suite=squeeze