Dual-boot gone wrong...or just gone?

[ellondu]

I just installed Fedora 17 64 bit. I partitioned my main drive (which houses win 7) while using the live boot from a USB. The install went fine. However, now my PC just insta-boots to win 7 with no option to boot to Fedora. What did I do wrong?

Note: I am a linux noobie looking for experience as I am a CS major. I chose to start my journey with Fedora. I know that my GPU, AMD Radeon HD 7770, is incompatible with Fedora (or any other linux), so any tips as to how to get around that once I actually get to using Fedora would be....more than appreciated.

Thanks.

[glennzo]

It would appear that the Linux boot loader, GRUB, did not get installed. I don't use Live CD's or USB so I don't know if this is typical behavior from that media.

Having said that, booting again from the install media and reinstalling GRUB would do the trick. While running live you may then be able to open a terminal and issue

PHP Code:

grub2-install /dev/sda 


Of course, please make sure you've backed up your Windows data before you reinstall GRUB.