Fedora 17 install dualboot with Windows 7 Home Premium goes nowhere

[Alan Cox]

> % grub2-install /dev/sda.    (There is no grub-install)
> 
> /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: this LDM has no Embedding
> Partition; embedding won't be possible.
> 
> /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not
> possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using
> blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is
> discouraged.
> 
> /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
> 
> Any suggestions?

You need to specify the force option to make it use blocklists.

grub2 is junk, it alone is a good reason to consider moving distro IMHO