A newly downloaded image (Linux ubuntu 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux) has loaded the live image today without issue.
The original problem was almost certainly a CD read issue, and the only useful input is the observation that the read checks failed, allowing a non-functional system to be loaded.
The unreliability is not apparent on a CD written today, loaded today.
A newly downloaded image (Linux ubuntu 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux) has loaded the live image today without issue.
The original problem was almost certainly a CD read issue, and the only useful input is the observation that the read checks failed, allowing a non-functional system to be loaded.
The unreliability is not apparent on a CD written today, loaded today.
Today is very much warmer than it was in April.
Chris