[CentOS-virt] Error setting up bridge with static IP address

Hello:

I am trying to follow the RHEL virtualization guide to set up a bridge on a system running CentOS 5.4.

I copied my ifcfg-eth0 to ifcfg-eth0:1 and set its content to this:

DEVICE=eth0:1 HWADDR=[The MAC address from eth0] ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE=br1

I then created ifcfg-br1 with this content:

DEVICE=br1 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=static BROADCAST=192.168.2.255 IPADDR=192.168.2.202 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.2.0 ONBOOT=yes DELAY=0

When I do service network restart, I get this error:

error in ifcfg-eth0:1: didn't specify device or ipaddr

I specified the device so it looks like it wants an IP address but that is contrary to what I am reading on the Internet.

Any ideas what went wrong?

Thanks, Neil

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