Kernel management broken
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Anders K
I'm using Ubuntu 20-04 (LTS) x64 - try to get kernel managed. Documentation seems not maintained.
And I'm in doubt about what benefits should be.
It seems that the kernel management is not supported any longer. Please fix the documentation and take "kernel" menu away. --> I have lost "console" feature after fumbling with this :-(
Just waisted some life on something that turned out to be rubbish, but still paying invoice.
Hazel Virdó
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Hazel Virdó
Hey there! Kernel management is still supported. The documentation is maintained here: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/kernel/
The benefit of internally managed kernels is that it integrates with the VM's regular software management, meaning you can manage your kernel the same way you manage any other packages.
Internally managed kernels replace the deprecated external kernel management based on GrubLoader. All Droplets created after March 2017 have internally managed kernels by default, and there are instructions to upgrade an old Droplet to an internally managed kernel in the documentation.
I'm not sure if you're having trouble with the Droplet Console (https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-console/) or with the Recovery Console (https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/resources/recovery-console/), but either way, please do open a support ticket if you need help troubleshooting that.