i have suse installed and using its menu.lst.
i installed arch, and installed grub in its root directory.
here is the output from fdisk -l
suse on /dev/sda1
arch on /dev/sda3
/dev/sda1 1 13055 104855552 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 13055 13315 2096128 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 * 13315 26369 104856255 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 26369 26630 2096482+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
here is suse menu.lst
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message
##YaST - activate
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WCAV2A513325-part1 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WCAV2A513325-part2 splash=s$
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65M0A0_WD-WCAV2A513325-part1 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highr$
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
makeactive
chanloader +1
here is archs menu.lst
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1
my problem is; arch will not boot >:(