can't login from console

[Margarita Suarez]

hi, i just inherited a mac II/X with an 80SC with A/UX.  i've not been
able to boot multi-user from the console -- what happens when i type
"telinit 2" is an infinite loop of "login:" immediately followed by
"Login incorrect" (didn't ask for password).

i have a feeling that it could be a hardware problem, but i just wanted
to ask here first on the chance that someone has seen this problem
before and knows how to fix it.

problem is that i don't think columbia has apple support for this disk,
which was basically a "gift" from apple, so any help you could give me
would be great!  (i'd like to use this thing!)

thanks

marg