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   Message 106,270 of 107,822   
   Mike Easter to Java Jive   
   Re: One Rescue USB does it all, well tha   
   01 Jul 24 14:30:28   
   
   XPost: uk.comp.os.linux, alt.windows7.general   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Java Jive wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Java Jive wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> However, I forgot to mention before that I want to adapt both it and   
   >>> any Live Linux ISOs to boot with a UK keyboard layout, as,   
   >>> particularly in Clonezilla, the process of choosing one manually is   
   >>> tedious in the extreme.   
   >>   
   >> I don't understand yet.   
   >>   
   >> If I were going to /try/ to boot live w/ a locale, I think I would do   
   >> it w/ a boot parameter rather than changing the .iso, but the part I   
   >> haven't figured out yet is why it should be tedious in the extreme to   
   >> change the locale in the live /after/ the boot and then just log out   
   >> and back in, but then I haven't actually tested doing that.   
   >   
   > It's because to change the keyboard layout there's a nested series of   
   > menus which, believe me, are tedious to negotiate.   
   >   
   Does this Deb page help?   
      
   https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/html/live-manual/   
   ustomizing-run-time-behaviours.en.html#530   
      
      
   > 10.2 Customizing locale and language   
   >   
   > When the live system boots, language is involved in two steps:   
      
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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