language en but qwertz keyboard

John dingo at coco2.arach.net.au
Thu Sep 23 21:29:30 UTC 2004


Raphaƫl Berbain wrote:

> 
> I agree that Sarge's installer allowed me to do that without jumping
> through hoops.  But then, what percentage of users want to perform an
> install with a keyboard layout not matching the locale ?  For the vast
> majority, the keyboard layout, locale, installer language and timezone
> are strongly correlated.  That's one less prompt, it make sense to try
> to minimize the amount of questions asked during install.
> 
> 


I think it would make sense to be able to specify it at the boot prompt, 
preferably with something easier to remember and type than the usual d-i 
stuff. Maybe
kbd=pc/us
etc.

Or if you don't know what it is,
kbd=ask





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