How to configure Grub to use the proper keyboard layout (fr, de, etc.)
Issue
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At Grub menu or Grub prompt, entering commands is complicated on non-US keyboards, since keys do not map correctly, as shown in the examples below
- With a French keyboard, key "a" prints a "q", key "&" prints a 1, ...
- With a German keyboard, key "z" prints a "w", ...
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I need to enter a passphrase to edit the Grub menu but it's almost impossible to do so when the system has a non-US keyboard
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and later
- Grub 2
- non-US internal keyboards
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