rh 8.0 bootup issue....

[bruce]

hi...

i have a rh 8.0 generic box that i'm trying to bring up... when the box goes
through the login procedure.. it goes through the checking process for the
various services, etc... and then it gets to a point where it appears to
have a watch/icon in the middle of the screen and it seems to hang/die/not
continue..

i've got a monitor/keyboard/mouse/ether hooked to the box.

any idea as to what might be going on, how to continue/force it to continue,
or am i going to have to reinstall from scratch...

any reasonable comments/pointers appreciated..

thanks

-bruce

ps...

i've also got another 3 boxes (rackable 1u servers) 3-4 years old that have
appeared to die. i turn the boxes on, the light/diode for the eth interface
is functioning/lit, but nothing happens.. could this be power
related/motherboard... in other words.. can they be saved!!! i'm hoping that
somebody else has run into this kind of problem, and managed to have a
cheap/easy/happy solution!

yeah, i know that the answer is probably nope! but i'm hopeful...