rh 8.0 bootup issue....

[Robert Canary]

If you can boot into linux single mode.  Go look 
at your boot logs.

Also...see if it will let you boot inoto 
interactive mode, this way you see which process 
is hanging you you...RedHat has an "Press 'I' now 
for interactive mode" right after the loading of 
the kernel.

Pete Nesbitt wrote:

> On June 25, 2004 07:25 am, bruce wrote:
> 
>>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...
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Bruce,
> It sounds like it is trying to start X but for some reason failing. Can you 
> start in run level 3?
> You can do that several ways, here's two:
> 1) at boot, on the GRUB menu hit "e", then toggle to the line with the kernel 
> entry and the end, after a space, type "3". Then I think it is "b" to boot, 
> but check the on screen menu.
> 2) if your machine is at the hang-point, try ctrl-alt-F1 (F1 -F6) to see if 
> you get a login prompt.
> 
> The second  issue with 3 dead boxes really sounds like a hardware problem, 
> especially if they all died at once. The only happy answer I could suggest is 
> they are all on the same UPS which is not sending enough juice to start the 
> servers.
> 
> Hope that helps.