I actually followed the series that you wrote. They were very well written...thanks for those.
From Administration >> Site Operations >> Sites..
I tried creating server shares, Entered UNC path of server and FQDN. Enabled the site system as a protected site system. Allowed clients to transfer content from the distribution point using BITS.
I also tried creating Secondary Sites (followed prompts)...This also failed
Under Security and Permissions >> Distribution Points..
My Primary Site (Server) shows the name, type and free disk space.
The Server Shares, however, shows free disk space as 'Unknown'.
Incidently, the servers in which I am trying to set up the Distribution Points are Windows 2008 32bit. From what I had read, this was ok for Distribution Points.
The servers have approximately 450 gigs of free space.