The console only supports US keyboards. Even those of us in the UK have difficulty when the @ " \ # are on different keys to US keyboards. In other countries, they don't even have a QWERTY keyboard layout (e.g. Germany).
It should be possible to store the desired keyboard layout for console use so that it survives reboots.
It should be possible to store the desired keyboard layout for console use so that it survives reboots.