Once again thank you mojo for your prompt attention to my question/post. Dropbear daemon promptly started.. providing precisely the terminal access needed. Dropbear now autostarts during boot per rcS.conf. I should have paid closer attention to that section of the SliTaz handbook.
I marvel at how compact yet powerful SliTaz is. A similar base configuration using Ubuntu consumed 10 times more SSD space and 5 times more memory yet SliTaz boots lightening fast with many packages already installed. Excellent programming not to forget mentioning awesome technical support too!
BTW.. I sent an email to asso(at)slitaz.org on June 18th requesting info on subscription membership yet I still haven't received any information. Please advise if that email has been changed.
Again.. thank you,
Allen