I have the same panic, also on AMD64 (MSI NEO K8T 2 motherboard, VIA K8 chipset, AMI BIOS).
linux-image-2.6.17-7-generic works fine aswell. -- kernel panic - not syncing https://launchpad.net/bugs/61877 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs