Fedora Core 3 Boot Hangs at Grub loading stage2...

[Paul_Malone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I installed Fedora Core 3 on /dev/sda2 and
the installation seemed to go okay.  However, when I tried rebooting
into Linux, grub hangs with the message: "Grub loading stage2...".
 I booted off the installation DVD using "linux rescue"
and even though /boot/grub/grub.conf seemed to look okay, I tried
# grub-install /dev/sda2 --recheck
# dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512
count=1

I then booted into Windows XP, copied bootsect.lnx
to C:\, and added C:\bootsect.ini="Fedora Core 3" to boot.ini.
 I still get the same message when trying to boot Fedora.  I
also tried creating a Grub boot floppy and get the same error using it.

I would like to be able to dual boot XP and
Fedora.  I want to use the Windows XP boot manager, a boot floppy
for Fedora, or a boot CD for Fedora.  I do not want to overwrite the
Windows XP boot managers with Grub.  The kernel seems to be too big
to fit on a floppy.  Is there a way to make a boot floppy?  What
about a CD?  I looked at some how to's but they mention using "mkbootdisk"
which I can't find even though I installed pretty much everything.  What
about using the XP boot manager?  Is there a way to get this dual
booting to work with two SATA drives in a hardware RAID 1 configuration?
 Below is some more information.

Thanks for your help,
Paul

# df -k
Filesystem        
  1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
         
            17675060   4894012  11883208
 30% /
/dev/sda2        
      101105     10063     85821  11%
/boot
none          
           7163      4939
     1815  74% /dev/pts
/dev/fd0        
         1424       195  
   1229  14% /mnt/floppy

# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 74.3 GB, 74355769344
bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9039 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 =
8225280 bytes

   Device Boot    
 Start         End      Blocks
  Id  System
/dev/sda1   *      
    1        6527    52428096  
 7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2        
   6528        6540      104422+
 83  Linux
/dev/sda3        
   6541        9039    20073217+
 8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 74.3 GB, 74355769344
bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9039 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 =
8225280 bytes

   Device Boot    
 Start         End      Blocks
  Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *      
    1        6527    52428096  
 7  HPFS/NTFS

# mount
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 on / type
ext3 (rw,defaults)
/dev/sda2 on /boot type ext3 (rw,defaults)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,defaults)
none on /proc type proc (rw,defaults)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,defaults)
/dev/fd0 on /mnt/floppy type vfat (rw)

# lvdisplay
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name      
         /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
  VG Name      
         VolGroup00
  LV UUID      
         3qXdwo-ohbN-rAmK-kl0X-uI6h-IG8I-ATiA10
  LV Write Access    
   read/write
  LV Status      
       available
  # open      
          1
  LV Size      
         17.12 GB
  Current LE      
      548
  Segments      
        1
  Allocation      
      inherit
  Read ahead sectors    
0
  Block device      
    253:0
   
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name      
         /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01
  VG Name      
         VolGroup00
  LV UUID      
         hHRCNp-NXwo-cEZk-NnDD-Nrez-cWGj-7N9Asx
  LV Write Access    
   read/write
  LV Status      
       available
  # open      
          1
  LV Size      
         1.94 GB
  Current LE      
      62
  Segments      
        1
  Allocation      
      inherit
  Read ahead sectors    
0
  Block device      
    253:1
   
# ls -al /boot
total 4230
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  
 1024 Nov 16 16:29 .
drwxr-xr-x  24 root root  
 4096 Nov 19 04:00 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  
44647 Nov  2 15:00 config-2.6.9-1.667
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  
 1024 Nov 19 03:57 grub
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1583431
Nov 16 16:19 initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
drwx------   2 root root  
12288 Nov 16 11:16 lost+found
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  
81860 Sep 29 14:42 memtest86+-1.26
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  848039
Nov  2 15:00 System.map-2.6.9-1.667
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1719103
Nov  2 15:00 vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667

# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun
grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.
 This means that
#          all
kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root
(hd0,1)
#          kernel
/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
#          initrd
/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
        root
(hd0,1)
        kernel
/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
        initrd
/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
title Windows XP
        rootnoverify
(hd0,0)
        chainloader
+1

# cat /boot/grub/device.map
(fd0)        /dev/fd0
(hd0)        /dev/sda
(hd1)        /dev/sdb

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