I'll investigate further in the morning when I'm properly awake, but I reckon that base-installer/kernel/i386.sh doesn't properly handle multiprocessor machines.
** Changed in: base-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- feisty-alternate-i386 for herd-2 cannot install kernel from CDROM https://launchpad.net/bugs/79109 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs