The iso's md5sum matches the one here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes
But that doesn't rule out the possibility of corruption while creating the USB drive from the iso. However, this doesn't seem like bits being randomly corrupted. Both the 3.2.0-23 kernel installed by the installer and the 3.2.0-24 kernel installed later by the package manager are identical files (they even have the same md5sum), which seems to indicate that somehow the installer installed kernel 3.2.0-24 in the place of 3.2.0-23. That seems unbelievable to me, of course, since I don't see how the Live CD would even have access to a 3.2.0-24 kernel if it was built with 3.2.0-23. I'm quite confused about it, honestly. I suppose I could take another unused USB drive and install Ubuntu using the same Live USB drive and see if the problem is reproducible, and I could search the LiveUSB filesystem for any sign of a 3.2.0-24 kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993752 Title: 12.04 amd64 live CD installs the wrong kernel, yielding a broken system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/993752/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs