phil freeman writes:
> right now i'm recompiling my kernel from work... where can i find the
> config file that starts the shell during boot-up so i can remotely
> reboot my box ?

I'm not at all sure what you are asking about.

If you are looking for the system initialization script, it is in
/etc/rc

If you are looking for what parses /etc/rc, it is an instance of the
shell that is spawned for the purpose by /sbin/init

I am not sure this is what you mean, though.

Perry