ESXi: Keyboard Layouts and Updates in unattended installs

[computer_expert]

Hi all

 

I've recently been messing around with ESXi 5 (the free version) and kickstart installs, however I've got a few questions relating to keyboard layouts and installing vmware patches.

 

Keyboard layouts: Is there any way to set the UK keyboard layout? I've tried both keyboard uk and keyboard UK (without any success). Will I have to keep manually changing it after installation?

 

Patches: Is there any way of installing patches using kickstart?

 

I've tried using the following in the kickstart (under %firstboot), but it's been unsuccessful:

cd /tmp/
wget http://x.x.x.x/ESXi500-201112001.zip
esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/ESXi500-201112001.zip
#esxcli software vib update --depot="/tmp/ESXi500-201112001.zip"
vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit
reboot

 

and

 

wget /tmp/  http://x.x.x.x/ESXi500-201112001.zip
esxcli software vib update --maintenance-mode --depot /tmp/ESXi500-201112001.zip
reboot

 

Is there any way of doing the above things or am I trying to do something that isn't possible?

 

Thanks

c_e

[computer_expert]

I ended up performing the installation manually as it turned out to be quicker than messing around with unattended installs, so this thread can be deleted/marked solved if needed.