Can't boot Archlinux with tripple boot environment [solved]

Hi
I've two IDE HD's in my computer.
The first one is for Gentoo and WinXP and the second one should be for archlinux.
I installed archlinux on /dev/hdb1 or better /dev/sdb1 because the archlinux kernel detects the ide-drives with sd*.
The hole second hd is for the archlinux /-partition and I use the swap partition from the first hd.
Here is my /boot/grub/grub.conf on the first hd /dev/hda2
default 0
timeout 5
title=Gentoo Linux
root(hd0,1)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda4 video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap vga=794
title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title=Archlinux
root(hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdb1 ro vga=794
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
Booting Gentoo and WinXP works wihout any problems. But when I choose Archlinux I get right after Enter -> "error 15: cannot find the file"
What's wrong?
Here is are my partitions:
/dev/hda1     ntfs       (WinXP)
/dev/hda2     /boot     (Gentoo)
/dev/hda3    /swap     (Gentoo & Archlinux)
/dev/hda4   /             (Gentoo)
/dev/hba1    /           (Archlinux)
Last edited by mijenix (2007-07-26 18:11:02)

it was the space between root and (hd1,0)
ahhhhhhhhhh shame on me!
that's the right line:
root (hd1,0)
Last edited by mijenix (2007-07-26 18:11:43)

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