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Reworded network.xml.

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Archaic 20 years ago
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chapter07/network.xml

@@ -27,23 +27,14 @@ class="directory">/etc/rc.d/rc*.d</filename>).</para>
 <para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script
 <para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script
 depends on the files and directories in the <filename
 depends on the files and directories in the <filename
 class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices</filename> hierarchy.
 class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices</filename> hierarchy.
-This directory should contain a directory for each interface to be configured,
+This directory should contain a sub-directory for each interface to be configured,
 such as <filename>ifconfig.xyz</filename>, where <quote>xyz</quote> is a
 such as <filename>ifconfig.xyz</filename>, where <quote>xyz</quote> is a
 network interface name. Inside this directory would be files defining
 network interface name. Inside this directory would be files defining
 the attributes to this interface, such as its IP address(es), subnet
 the attributes to this interface, such as its IP address(es), subnet
 masks, and so forth.</para>
 masks, and so forth.</para>
-<!-- -->
-
-<para>If the <filename
-class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices</filename> directory
-is to be renamed or moved, make sure to edit the
-<filename>/etc/sysconfig/rc</filename> file and update the
-<quote>network_devices</quote> option by providing it with the new
-path.</para>
-
-<para>New files are created in this directory. The following
-command creates a sample <filename>ipv4</filename> file for the
-<emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
+
+<para>The following command creates a sample <filename>ipv4</filename> file for
+the <emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
 
 
 <screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &amp;&amp;
 <screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &amp;&amp;
 mkdir ifconfig.eth0 &amp;&amp;
 mkdir ifconfig.eth0 &amp;&amp;