Re: #243175: bootkbd=fr does not work

[Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>]

Quoting Alastair McKinstry (mckinstry@computer.org):
> Hi,
> 
> bootkbd=fr does not work because "fr" is not a keymap supplied within
> d-i. If you try
> "bootkbd=fr-latin1", it works.
> 
> The keymaps supplied in d-i are a subset of those in console-data, for
> space reasons;
> (The selection is actually that chosen for woody).
> 
> I think we probably need to document the working list of keymaps in the
> installer docs.

Hmmm, that's too bad as typing bootkbd=fr-latin1 on a french keyboard
which temporarily uses a US QWERTY layout is a real nightmare...

You have to type bootkbd=fr)lztin& for really getting
"bootkbd=fr-latin1"

Having a kind of alias would definitely be a great improvement because
"bootkbd=fr" can be entered natively as such on a french keyboard (the
key locations for these characters are the same).

Of course bootkbd=fr would then give fr-latin1 as keyboard layout...