Well, it turns out I was using CD-RW discs. I have burnt a CD-R disc and voilà, the installation has completed successfully. Sorry for the noise.
-- Ubuntu Edgy 6.10 & Dell Latitude D620: Alternate install fails (I/O error) https://launchpad.net/bugs/70445 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
