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Configure Win08 Appliance International Keyboard

Configure Windows 08 Appliance for international keyboard mapping using the HVM appliance parameter key map.

The valid keymap values are:

'ar da de de-ch en-gb en-us es et fi fo fr fr-be fr-ca fr-ch hr hu is it ja lt lv mk nl nl-be no pl pt pt-br ru sl sv th tr' 

The keymap syntax is:

keymap=<keymap>

for example: '

keymap=nl-be' 

We will use the Dutch(BE) 'nl-be' keyboard map in this example.

When you run the ISO, you can pass the keymap parameter on the call via the virt_options option:

3t util iso2class app_name=lopda01_win08_install install_size=15G console_type=graphic iso_volume1=Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-English.iso virt_options=acpi=1,keymap=nl-be cpu=1 mem=1G 

In the graphic console select Dutch(Belgum)

When 'keymap-nl-be' is passed to the iso2class command, the parameter is embedded in the advanced HVM options:

However, in this version of Windows 8, the Dutch azerty keyboard is missing the backslash '\' character:

As an alternative, the Dutch (Netherlands) qwerty keyboard renders both the '@' and '\' symbols: