Disabling NetworkManager

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:03:11 -0500 Alex <mysqlstudent at gmail.com> wrote:
> The whole "mask" thing looks like a hack to me in the first place, but
> I guess I can understand, considering the 'network' method has
> probably been deprecated for at least a few versions now.

There is a genuine explanation for masking, based on the way systemd
works. You can read more about it here:

  http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/three-levels-of-off.html

Best, :-)
Marko