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@@ -45,18 +45,16 @@ The following command creates a sample ifconfig.eth0 file:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.eth0 &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
ONBOOT=yes
-DEVICE=eth0
IP=192.168.1.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Of course, the values of those variables have to be changed
-in every file to match the proper setup. Usually NETMASK and BROADCAST
-will remain the same, just the DEVICE and IP variables will change per
-network interface. If the ONBOOT variable is set to yes, the network script
-will bring it up during boot up of the system. If set to anything else but
-yes it will be ignored by the network script and thus not brought up.</para>
+in every file to match the proper setup. If the ONBOOT variable is set
+to yes, the network script will bring it up during boot up of the system.
+If set to anything else but yes it will be ignored by the network script
+and thus not brought up.</para>
</sect2>