Hi Bill,
(Now if I could only figure out how to get out of a man page?)
Perhaps it's listed in man's manpage. ;-) Hit "q".Then, go to http://www.linux.org, hit Documentation and read all you can. Or visit any bookstore that has books with "O'Reilly" on them.
The book "Running Linux" has been discussed on this list recently. Good luck... Nico