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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/boot.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/boot.rst index f7dfcd3a..b904eaf4 100644 --- a/doc/rtd/topics/boot.rst +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/boot.rst @@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ If this is an instance's first boot, then the selected network configuration is rendered. This includes clearing of all previous (stale) configuration including persistent device naming with old mac addresses. -This stage must block network bring-up or any stale configuration might -already have been applied. That could have negative effects such as DHCP -hooks or broadcast of an old hostname. It would also put the system in -an odd state to recover from as it may then have to restart network +This stage must block network bring-up or any stale configuration that might +have already been applied. Otherwise, that could have negative effects such +as DHCP hooks or broadcast of an old hostname. It would also put the system +in an odd state to recover from, as it may then have to restart network devices. Cloud-init then exits and expects for the continued boot of the operating @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Network +---------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+ This stage requires all configured networking to be online, as it will fully -process any user-data that is found. Here, processing means: +process any user-data that is found. Here processing means: * retrieve any ``#include`` or ``#include-once`` (recursively) including http * decompress any compressed content @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ from sources only available via network. For example, a user may have provided user-data in a network resource that describes how local mounts should be done. -On some clouds such as Azure, this stage will create filesystems to be +On some clouds, such as Azure, this stage will create filesystems to be mounted, including ones that have stale (previous instance) references in ``/etc/fstab``. As such, entries ``/etc/fstab`` other than those necessary for cloud-init to run should not be done until after this stage. @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Final This stage runs as late in boot as possible. Any scripts that a user is accustomed to running after logging into a system should run correctly here. -Things that run here include +Things that run here include: * package installations * configuration management plugins (puppet, chef, salt-minion) |