installation of 5.1

[billk]

I am using 5.0 downloades iso two different times and burned two different disks for KDE AMD 64 bit, nvidia video board. After multiple attempts have abandoned the effort. When starting to format the disk the installer crashes. 5.0 continues to work. Seems absurd that the formater crashes. Any suggestions.

[DHalens]

Did you check the md5? Did you update the installer? Where's the error output (or tell us how to read your mind so we can see it from there...)?

[cmost]

I've done a search of the forum and haven't found any clear answer to this question yet: How does one go about upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1? Do we need to change our /etc/entropy/repositories.conf file to reflect new repositories? I'm asking this because my 5.0 system is "fully up to date" according to Magneto, however, a quick comparison of the changelog for 5.1 vs. 5.0 reveals that I don't have the latest nvidia-drivers or xorg 7.5 as well as other packages new to 5.1; these don't appear to be available or upgradable in Sulfur. If I want a fully up-to-date 5.1 system, how do I achieve this via the package manager and not by using a fresh install? Thanks!

*** EDIT ***
I found the answer and am now updating...

With the 5.0 release, you should be able to roll along and stay current. Anything prior to 5 is in a different branch, hence the equo hop 5 needed to continue updates. At this point and time, I would not recommend doing it, but you are free to try it. Just make sure you have the latest entropy all the time.

As usual, Wolfden's words of wisdom:

equo update
equo install entropy equo
equo world
equo conf update

Only systems <5 need a branch hop!

*** EDIT #2 -still not fully up-to-date ***

Executed the above commands and came upon these errors:

cmost@cmost-sabayon64 ~ $ sudo equo world
>> @@ Calculating System Updates...
>> @@ Nothing to update.
>> @@ Nothing to remove.

>> requirements for this branch:
app-admin/eselect-python
sys-devel/gcc:4.4
>> Entropy post-upgrade migration script
>> Repository: sabayonlinux.org
>> Root: /
>> Old branch: 5.1
>> New branch: 5

>> ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION
>> - If you are upgrading from a previous branch (say, 4)
>> and you are a NetworkManager user, make sure to have
>> your users inside the netdev group.
>> - If you compile stuff manually, it is strongly
>> suggested to install lafilefixer and execute:
>> # lafilefixer --justfixit
>> ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION

migration switch not found
>> @@ Caching complete.
cmost@cmost-sabayon64 ~ $ sudo equo world
>> @@ Calculating System Updates...
>> @@ Nothing to update.
>> @@ Nothing to remove.
>> @@ Caching complete.

Any ideas on how to get fully updated to 5.1? Thanks!