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Added note that kernel doesn't set the screen font automatically when in maintenance mode (Alexander Patrakov)

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<listitem><para>June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter07 - console. Add a note regarding
the screen font not being set automatically when the console script isn't run.
(Alexander Patrakov)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>June 20, 2004 [matt]: chapter03 - packages. Point people at the
FTP mirrors and GnuPG.</para></listitem>

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setting it every time from the <command>console</command> bootscript, then
instructions are given in <xref linkend="ch-bootable-kernel"/>. Doing this
ensures that your keyboard will always work as expected, even when you boot into
maintenance mode (by passing <parameter>init=/bin/sh</parameter> to the kernel), as in that
situation, the <command>console</command> bootscript won't be run.</para>
maintenance mode (by passing <parameter>init=/bin/sh</parameter> to the kernel),
as in that situation, the <command>console</command> bootscript won't be run.
Additionally, the kernel will not set the screen font automatically. Again,
this shouldn't pose too many problems as ASCII characters will still be handled
correctly, and it is unlikely that you would need to rely on non-ASCII
characters whilst in maintenance mode.</para>
<para>Since the kernel will set up the keymap, you can omit the KEYMAP variable
from the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> configuration file. If you