LVM Setup on an already installed Ubuntu gnome server topic

Hello everyone, I'm trying to set up an LVM on my File sharing server. The server has ubuntu 14.04 lts 64 bit running on a pentium dual core E2140 @ 1.60Z GHz with 1gb of memory (will be getting upgraded to 2 gb). The server is also running the latest version of Gnome. For drives right now I have 7 drives in the server:

Model: ATA IC35L04AVVA07-0
Size: 31.50 GB
Path: /dev/sda
File System: NTFS

Model: ATA IC35L04AVVA07-0
Size: 31.50 GB
Path: /dev/sdb
File System: NTFS

Model: ATA WDC WD400BB-60DG
Size: 37.27 GB
Path: /dev/sdc (this is the OS hard drive)
File Systems: sdc1 - ext4 sdc2 - extended sdc5 - linux-swap

Model: ATA Quantum Fireball
Size: 19.01 GB
Path: /dev/sdd
File Systems: sdd1 - extended (unallocated)

Model: ATA ST3250310AS
Size: 232.83 GB
Path: /dev/sde
File System: NTFS

Model: ATA WDC WD3200AAJS-6
Size: 298.09 GB
Path: /dev/sdf
File System: NTFS

Model: WD I HDS72 External
Size: 465.76 GB
Path: /dev/sdg
File Systems: sdg1 - extended New Partition #1 - lvm2 pv

I have no cd roms in the tower and no usb flash drives to do a live cd boot. what I want to do is first setup the group with sdd and sdg and move the files from the other drives to it (except the os drive) then I want to add the other drives to the group making it act as a drive with a little over a TB is there any way to do this without having to do a clean install or boot from a live cd? (I really don't want to do a clean install it takes a long time to get everything running correctly) if any other info is needed please let me know and I will get it for you. Thank you for your time and help :-) Christopher J. Crandall

[lubuntu] Can´t setup samba topic

Hello

First of all, I have to say that I´m completely newby with linux.
I have installed Lubuntu 14.10 and need to share files with others Windows PC in a LAN.
I installed samba from Lubuntu Software Center but I am not able to setup this package.
When I start up samba and introduce my password, the samba´s setup window seems to disappears in a flash and I can´t continue setting it.
Can you guide me about this problem?.
Is there other options to share files in a mixed (linux-Windows) net?.


Thanks in advance.

[ubuntu] Backup/imaging solution - Ubuntu setup in use by computer non-freaks topic

Backup/imaging solution - Ubuntu setup in use by computer non-freaks

Hi, Is there any chance for 14.04 LTE and later to have a backup / system disk imaging solution as
simple in use and productive as for instance Acronis True Image, Symantec Ghost, Apple True Image.....?

The concern is there is a Ubuntu based PC used mainly by PC-non-freaks with rare assistance of administrator nor a PC-freak,
despite the fact of rare presence of a Linux (Ubuntu) freak.

The backup solution needs to support
- make the backup while the user regular work in progress (means plenty of files are open by system or application)
- support recovery from backup in short time without hacking here and there,
means the backup must include practically every bit of Ubuntu installation and all data produced by Ubuntu usage.
Of course all entries of system file tree produced dynamically at run-time must not be in backup.
- incremental backups
- backup scheduling
- scheduling with postpone to nearest possible point of time in case of system is powered down at backup schedule
- stable and bug-free not worser than mentioned state-of-the-art solutions for other platforms.


Secondary a backup solution for use-case as below is needed.
Ubuntu setup as mentioned above is in progress. Several points are still to be carried out
before the handover to user. For instance other Ubuntu flavours are going to be tried out
if they meet user needs closer as the Ubuntu native does it. It means a roll-back from
other flavour tial-out to native Ubuntu in short time and without extensive study of documentations here and there must be possible.