New sysidkdb Tool Prevents Having to Configure Your Keyboard

This feature is new in the following releases:

• For SPARC, starting with the Solaris 10 10/06 release

• For x86, starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release

The sysidkdb tool configures your USB language and its corresponding keyboard layout.

The following procedure occurs:

• If the keyboard is self-identifying, the keyboard language and layout automatically configures during installation.

• If the keyboard is not self-identifying, the sysidkdb tool provides you, during the installation, a list of supported keyboard layouts during installation, so that you can select a layout for keyboard configuration.

SPARC: Previously, the USB keyboard assumed a self-identifying value of 1 during the installation. Therefore, all of the keyboards that were not self-identifying always configured for a U.S. English keyboard layout during installation.

PS/2 keyboards are not self-identifying. You are asked to select the keyboard layout during the installation.

Prevent Prompting When You Use the JumpStart Program

If the keyboard is not self-identifying and you want to prevent being prompted during your JumpStart installation, select the keyboard language in your sysidcfg file. For JumpStart installations, the default is for the U.S. English language. To select another language and its corresponding keyboard layout, set the keyboard keyword in your sysidcfg file.

For more information, see one of the following:

• Preconfiguring With the sysidcfg File in Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

• sysidtool(1M) man page

• sysidcfg(4) man page