Here it is on Rawhide. I did not enter 70... as netmask!
The generated scripts on fc9 are similar except the netmask values are the ones I entered, not something pulled out of the ozone layer.
When I get a chance I will edit the files manually and see what happens.
2008-11-24 00:15 ifcfg-eth0 Page 1
# 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=70.89.176.169 DNS1=70.89.176.170 GATEWAY=70.89.176.170 HWADDR=00:04:75:8d:6a:78 IPADDR=70.89.176.169 NETMASK=70.89.176.170 ## entered as 255.255.255.252 ONBOOT=yes SEARCH="com" TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no IPV6INIT=no NM_CONTROLLED=no PEERDNS=yes 2008-11-24 00:15 ifcfg-eth1 Page 1
# Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller DEVICE=eth1 HWADDR=00:19:21:32:27:dc ONBOOT=yes SEARCH="com" BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.1.13 USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes IPV6INIT=no NM_CONTROLLED=no TYPE=Ethernet NETMASK=70.89.176.170 ## entered as 255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=70.89.176.170 ## not entered for this device [caf@omen tmp]$