Picklesworth & YoDude...THANK YOU for taking a reasonable approach to a reasonable question. Thanks for getting it that people ask because they want to learn. What they do with that knowledge is their problem...as I have come to learn on many, MANY occasions...but those screw ups are how I learn more, fixing something that was working perfectly fine, until I 'fixed' it that is...

Abd for the OP here are the reference manuals I have been using as time permits me to absorb this version of Linux:

http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals

I know the ITOS2008 is a variation of Debian but it's where I thought to begin...or is there a better option for references?