Did you ever resolve your issue?

If you have access to the SQL 2005 tools you could start a profiler trace against the database on that server. I believe 2000 also has a profiler tool as...

Was there any other message with the one that you posted? I have seen a similar error very frequently with 2000 merge replication, and most of the time it is...

I agree. It sounds like SQL is trying to start before either your network connectivity is fully up, or the connection to the SAN is complete. If you have trouble...

Nice, easy to follow video. Keep it up! I would love to see one on setting up Database Mail for SQL Server Agent jobs, as that tends to not work...