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

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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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