8.1.7 & SuSE 7.1 ./runInstaller problems

Question

I recently installed SuSE 7.1 (2.4 kernel).
Two problems:
1. When I execute "./runInstaller" I get a message telling me it's can't find ./runInstaller. When I execute
"sh ./runInstaller" each blank line results in a ": command not found" error message. I can get around this executing the statements myself.
2. I cd into install/linux and
run ./runInstaller. I get a message indicating that <random>/bin/jre cannot be found. I tried "unset LANG" and it still didn't work. <random> is just that, random. Sometimes it appears to be just "/bin/jre"; sometimes it's "bin/jre" other times a single character will appear before it (e.g. i/bin/jre).
If it's of any importance, I'm running bash as my shell. I'm just about at the end of my rope.
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Answer 1

Oracle 8.1.7 on SuSE 7.1 (2.4 kernel)
Had exactly the same problem until I cd'd into the /cdrom/install/linux directory, ran the `unset LANG` and the installation proceeded normally. Did not work the first time ?
Selected the CUSTOM install and did not select create database.
Downloaded the glibc 2.1 file from the SuSE ftp site, copied the tarred file to $ORACLE_HOME directory, untarred the file and ran the setup_stubs.sh file.
Relinks various Oracle files.
Tried to run netasst but had some CLASSPATH errors, eventually it worked.
Ran the dbassist file in $ORACLE_HOME/bin to create the Database. Up and running
http://www.suse.com/en/support/oracle/db/817_71.html
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