There are several issues with the MacBook Air 6,2. Xavier is correct in that the SMP bug prevents boot in any way and is the concern of this bug report.
There is a separate issue with ata command timeouts that prevents boot some of the time on 13.04: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60731 ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #60731 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60731 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1197451 Title: Ubuntu fails to properly boot on Macbook Air 2013 6,1 & 6,2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1197451/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs