More edit around getting started and loopback ip

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<title>Basic Prerequisites</title>
<para>This section lists required services and some required system configuration.
</para>
<section xml:id="java">
<title>Java</title>
<para>Just like Hadoop, HBase requires java 6 from <link
xlink:href="http://www.java.com/download/">Oracle</link>.</para>
<para>Just like Hadoop, HBase requires at least java 6 from
<link xlink:href="http://www.java.com/download/">Oracle</link>.</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="os">
<title>Operating System</title>
<section xml:id="ssh">
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</section>
<section xml:id="loopback.ip">
<title>Loopback IP</title>
<para>HBase expects the loopback IP address to be 127.0.0.1. Ubuntu and some other distributions,
for example, will default to 127.0.1.1 and this will cause problems for you.
</para>
<para><filename>/etc/hosts</filename> should look something like this:
<programlisting>
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 ubuntu.ubuntu-domain ubuntu
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>HBase expects the loopback IP address to be 127.0.0.1. See <xref linkend="loopback.ip"/></para>
</section>
<section xml:id="ntp">

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rows via the HBase <command>shell</command>, and then cleaning
up and shutting down your standalone HBase instance. The below exercise
should take no more than ten minutes (not including download time).</para>
<para>Before you start, check you are good on the below prerequisites.
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="java"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="ssh"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><xref linkend="loopback.ip"/></para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
<para>Before we proceed, make sure you are good on the below loopback prerequisite.</para>
<note xml:id="loopback.ip.getting.started">
<title>Loopback IP</title>
<para>HBase expects the loopback IP address to be 127.0.0.1. Ubuntu and some other distributions,
for example, will default to 127.0.1.1 and this will cause problems for you.
</para>
<para><filename>/etc/hosts</filename> should look something like this:
<programlisting>
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 ubuntu.ubuntu-domain ubuntu
</programlisting>
</para>
</note>
<section>
<title>Download and unpack the latest stable release.</title>
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<para>All of the above presumes a 1.6 version of Oracle
<application>java</application> is installed on your machine and
available on your path; i.e. when you type
available on your path (See <xref linkend="java" />); i.e. when you type
<application>java</application>, you see output that describes the
options the java program takes (HBase requires java 6). If this is not
the case, HBase will not start. Install java, edit