runInstaller:SIGSEGV error (8.1.7 on suse linux 7.1)

hi all,

i'm trying to set up oracle 8i r3 (8.1.7) on suse linux 7.1.

i have been following the oracle installation guide. once done with the pre-installation steps i tried to run runInstaller from the cdrom.
it terminates with the following:

Initializing Java Virtual Machine from ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre. Please wait...

SIGSEGV received at bfffd9f8 in /cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/D
ataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads/libjava.so. Processing terminated
Thu Aug 23 17:16:26 2001

jre full version "JDK 1.1.8 IBM build l118-20000713 (JIT enabled: jitc)"
Operating Environment
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Host : oratest.
OS Level : 2.2.18.#1 Wed Jan 24 12:28:55 GMT 2001
glibc Version : 2.2
No. of Procs : 1
Memory Info:
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 133734400 124805120 8929280 0 10919936 72388608
Swap: 542826496 0 542826496
MemTotal: 130600 kB
MemFree: 8720 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 10664 kB
Cached: 70692 kB
BigTotal: 0 kB
BigFree: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 530104 kB
SwapFree: 530104 kB

User Limits (in bytes except for NOFILE and NPROC) -
RLIMIT_FSIZE : infinity
RLIMIT_DATA : infinity
RLIMIT_STACK : 2093056
RLIMIT_CORE : 0
RLIMIT_NOFILE : 1024
RLIMIT_NPROC : 1024

.....

here follows a buch of other - i guess debug - information, which i don't find very useful regarding that i have no clue what the oracle install modules are attempting, however i gladly send it to one that has an idea (just didn't want to mess up the forum with a 200k msg ;))

all advices welcome!
many thanks!