On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:54:10PM +0800, wujf wrote: > Today I tried to install oracle8i on my Potato box with glibc > upgraded and jdk1.1 from unstable. The installer program > failed to invoke the 'dbassist', when i run it from command > line, jre said: > > Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread > Could not create Java VM
Since you're using Oracle, presumably you're not opposed to using non-free software. That being the case, I would suggest using the jdk or jre available as debs through www.blackdown.org.