fakeRAID instructions applied to Kubuntu

[Christopher J. Bottaro]

Yeah, I did read the big note at the top, but unfortunately, I fall into the
latter category:
"So far, this works for some, while for others, Ubuquity crashes."
So I'm forced to follow the manual steps.

I've run into a problem.  See the "Temporary Note" at the bottom
of "Installing the Base System":
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FakeRaidHowto?highlight=%28raid%29#head-b3ee9096ee8ca7f93e5fe6f2da2cc80cbf079eeb

What is described in the note happened to me, but the solution in the note
doesn't work.  When I try to run dpkg-reconfigure dmraid, I get an error:
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: dmraid is broken or not fully installed

I really want to get Kubuntu working on my fake RAID and reiserfs, but it's
looking bleak...

Thanks for the help,
-- Christopher

Matthew Kuiken wrote:

> Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
>> I am using these instructions to install Kubuntu onto my fakeRAID setup:
>> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FakeRaidHowto
>>
>> But the problem is that those instructions are for Ubuntu.
>>
>> I figure I can follow the instructions exactly, except when I get to the
>> section titled "Installing the Base System":
>>
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/FakeRaidHowto#head-b3ee9096ee8ca7f93e5fe6f2da2cc80cbf079eeb
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I follow those instructions exactly, except
>> change...
>>
>> debootstrap breezy /target
>> to
>> debootstrap dapper /target
>>
>> apt-get install ubuntu-base linux-386 ubuntu-desktop dmraid grub
>> to
>> apt-get install kubuntu-base linux-386 kubuntu-desktop dmraid grub
>>
>> And that's all there is to it, right?
>>
>> Also, is there another processor architecture besides 386 that is more
>> suited to my Athlon XP?
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>>   
> There is a fairly big note at the top which states that using the
> livecd, installing dmraid, and then running ubiquity can allow you to
> bypass the need for doing most of the steps. The document seems pretty
> well updated for what needs to be done for 6.06, though. Just be careful
> to read the steps fully to avoid doing something that is no longer
> required by Dapper which might hose the system. Otherwise, the changes
> you stated above seem proper.
> 
> Just to be clear, I do not use fakeRaid, and thus have not tried the
> page in question.
> 
> -Matt