On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:33:25PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 01:56:33PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 12:43:35PM +0000, John Murphy wrote:
> > > 
> <snip>
> > > 
> > > Thanks for all the tips on this subject. One more question:
> > > 
> > > How would I enable a local keyboard layout in single user mode?
> > > I have had to find '/' by trial and error on my UK keyboard.
> > > 
> > 
> > You can use kbdcontrol(1) to load a new keyboard mapping. (Probably
> > requires that /usr is already mounted to work correctly.)
> > 
> > You can also specify in the kernel config file which keyboard layout should
> > be used by default.  See the atkbd(4) or ukbd(4) manpages for details.
> > 
> 
> You can also specify it in /etc/rc.conf:
> 
> keymap="uk.cp850"

When you boot into single user mode (which the question was about) the
settings in /etc/rc.conf has not been applied yet.
That happens later in the boot process.






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