Rewrite a few sentences for clarity.

Use the &unix entity (which renders a (r))
Add more technical information about rcorder(8).

en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml

@@ -537,21 +537,30 @@ HOME=/var/log
     <indexterm><primary>rc under FreeBSD 5.X</primary></indexterm>
 
     <para>FreeBSD has recently integrated the NetBSD
-      <filename>rc.d</filename> system, deprecating the old method.
+      <filename>rc.d</filename> system for system initialization.
       Users will notice the files listed in the
       <filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> directory.  Many of these files
       are for basic services which can be started with the
       <option>start</option>, <option>stop</option>,
       <option>kill</option>, and <option>restart</option> options.
-      For instance, to restart &man.sshd.8;, the command:</para>
+      For instance, &man.sshd.8; can be restarted with the following
+      command :</para>
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/etc/rc.d/sshd restart</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>would be issued.  This is the basic layout for every
+    <para>The procedure is similar for other services.  Of course,
-      service.  Services are not required to be started manually, as
+      services are usually started automatically as specified in
-      they are still called from the <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>
+      &man.rc.conf.5;.  For example, enabling the Network Address
-      file with the basic <option>YES</option> and <option>NO</option>
+      Translation daemon at startup is as simple as adding the
-      choices.<para>
+      following line to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
+
+    <programlisting>natd_enable="YES"</programlisting>
+
+    <para>If a <option>natd_enable="NO"</option> line is already
+       present, then simply change the <option>NO</option> to
+       <option>YES</option>.  The rc scripts will automatically load
+       any other dependent services during the next reboot, as
+       described below.</para>
 
     <para>As of this writing, the files located in
     <filename>rc.d</filename> are:</para>
@@ -591,8 +600,17 @@ devd            kadmind         network_ipv6    rtadvd          ypxfrd</programl
     <para>Therefore this file is used for background file system
       checks, which are done only during system initialization.</para>
 
-    <para>Order of execution is based on a series of words located at
+    <para>Many system services depend on other services to function
-      the script beginning, these words are:</para>
+      properly.  For example, NIS and other RPC-based services may
+      fail to start until after the <command>rpcbind</command>
+      (portmapper) service has started.  To resolve this issue,
+      information about dependencies and other meta-data is included
+      in the comments at the top of each startup script.  The
+      &man.rcorder.8; script is then used to parse these comments
+      during system initialization to determine the order in which
+      system services should be invoked to satisfy the dependencies.
+      The following words may be included at the top of each startup
+      file :</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
@@ -614,7 +632,7 @@ devd            kadmind         network_ipv6    rtadvd          ypxfrd</programl
 
     <para>Using this method an administrator can easily control system
       services without the hassle of <quote>runlevels</quote> like
-      some other UNIX operating systems.</para>
+      some other &unix; operating systems.</para>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="config-network-setup">