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@@ -21,12 +21,9 @@ keyboard always works as expected, even when you have booted into
maintenance mode (by passing `init=/bin/sh' to the kernel) in which case
the bootscript that normally sets up your keymap isn't run.</para>
-<para>If you didn't create the defkeymap.map.gz file and going with the
-default US keymap, then again you don't have to do anything. The kernel
-compiles a suitable keymap by default that'll work just fine for
-you, so skip the next command.</para>
-
-<para>Run the following commands to accomplish that:</para>
+<para>Run the following command to patch the correct keymap into the
+kernel source. You will have to repeat this command whenever you unpack a
+new kernel:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>loadkeys -m /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/defkeymap.map.gz &gt; \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/defkeymap.c</userinput></screen></para>