#123 Cannot get Turkish F Keyboard working

[bitigchi]

Hello,

I've downloaded FreeDOS and installed via VirtualBox. During install, I selected number 19 (Turkey), and after installing typed keyb tr440 to activate Turkish F. I even added keyb line pointing out keybrd2.sys (original DOS sys, which F layout is located), but it still does not work.

Whenever I type keyb tr440, it says in keyboard.sys it is not found. I even renamed keybrd2.sys with keyboard.sys, and it still did not work even after a reboot.

For the autoexec.bat file, I edited the US line for keyboard with 440 and keybrd2.sys, but it is still not working.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[tizizi]

This seems to be fixed in FreeDOS 1.3, and now we also have mkeyb which supports both Turkish Q and F layouts (see https://github.com/davidebreso/mkeyb).

[Aitor Santamaría Merino]

Hello,
TR440 is located in KEYBRD2.SYS, but you have to use the FreeDOS KBLAYOUT files, and not from MS-DOS or other DOSes, as formats are incompatible. In your case, it would be

KEYB TR440,,KEYBRD2.SYS

does that work? please let us know.

Aitor

[fritz.mueller]

No, it doesnt.
It works as follows (tested):
KEYB TR,857,C:\FREEDOS\BIN\keybrd2.sys /ID:440 (different syntax)
see htmlhelp https://www.bootablecd.de/FreeDOS-Internet-version/help110/en/hhstndrd/base/keyb.htm section examples.

I think this ticket can be closed.