[lug] is there a way to get partition table on running system?

[David L. Anselmi]

Bear Giles wrote:
> Reinstalling the kernel has hit a snag - something with the initrd file.
> The die() call isn't particularly helpful but I know that the
> /boot/initrd... file isn't present.

In Debian there's an update-initramfs(8) that's called when the kernel is installed.  Something like 
that might get you going.

Dave