Bringing up network reports "Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than"

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Issue

  • Bringing up network interfaces reports error:
Bringing up interface eth0:  Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "192.168.1.XXX/".
Error adding address 192.168.1.XXX for ethX.
bind: Cannot assign requested address
RTNETLINK answers: No such device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all versions)
  • initscripts

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