oracle 8.0.5 and glibc2.1 segfaults

[Robert Varga <robi@piros.zold.net>]

I have tried to install oracle 8.0.5 on a slink machine upgraded to
glibc2.1.2 . Kernel is 2.2.13. The machine is a Pentium-III 600.

However during install, it could not create the databases since the 
program svrmgrl segfaulted when trying to create the database files.

I ignored the error and continued the install. It did not create the
database files but did not give any other error messages.

However when I tried to run sqlplus, it also segfaulted. I presume all
others would segfault as well.

I managed to install the 8.0.5 on another machine with glibc2.0.7 and
kernel 2.2, so I think the problem is with glibc2.1 

What should I do to make oracle work?

Robert Varga