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diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index f2e6f670..101a6dfc 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig
KEYTABLE=<keytable file>
for example: KEYTABLE="/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/us.map"
+
+ If you dump a keymap (using 'dumpkeys') to
+ /etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap
+ it will be loaded on bootup before filesystems are mounted/checked.
+ This could be useful if you need to emergency type the root password.
+ This has to be a dumped keymap, as opposed to copying the shipped
+ keymap files, as the shipped files include other maps from the
+ /usr/lib/kbd/keytables directory.
+
KEYBOARDTYPE=sun|pc
on SPARC only, sun means a sun keyboard is attached on /dev/kbd,
pc means a PS/2 keyboard is on ps/2 port.