Cannot run the runcluvfy script

Question

I have a brand new two node (itanium) cluster with just red hat linux installed (2.6.9-67.EL).
I have installed the 10.2.0.3 version of cvuqdisk as the root user
As the oracle user, I have tried to run runcluvfy.sh and recieve (on both nodes):
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
# SIGILL (0x4) at pc=0x20000000038a4070, pid=16392, tid=2305843009214321536
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.4.2_10-b03 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# /tmp/16373/bin/cluvfy: line 111: 16392 Segmentation fault $JRE -classpath $CLASSPATH $REM_ENV $TRACE
oracle.ops.verification.client.CluvfyDriver "$@"
I have not found anything on metalink, but elsewhere I have seen similar errors fixed due to PATH settings
and /etc/hosts issues.
oracle(xxxxxxxxx)> echo $PATH
/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:.:/home/oracle/bin:/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/bin has a link to java.
The hosts file on both nodes look ok as well.
I have an SR open, they suggested it was my java version (1.4.2-17). I have upgraded this to 18 with no effect. I can't go any higher, as nothing is availabale for linux itanium. Nor can I download cluvfy separately as this is not available for download for linux itanium.
any ideas would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Finally found the answer, googling all morning with no response from oracle on the SR.
Anyway see Note:404248.1