Problem: While installing Oracle 9.2.0.4 on Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4, the following error appears:

Error occurred during initialization of VM

Unable to load native library: /tmp/OraInstall2009-08-31_01-27-21PM/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so:

symbol __libc_wait, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference

Solution: Apply patch 3006854.

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Subject: RUNINSTALLER FAILS ON RED HAT 3 TRYING TO INSTALL ORACLE9I

Doc ID: 264178.1