On Solaris IA, the b16 installer cannot install correctly as follows.

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In order to use Java(tm) Web Start you must have a version of Java 2 standard edition
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Please enter the path of your installation (eg /usr/local/java/jdk1.2):
/usr/java
Obtaining version...
Creating javaws.cfg...
Extracting...
Updating action...
Updating ~/.mailcap...
Updating ~/.mime.types...
Determining full JRE versions...
Java Web Start splash screen process exiting .....
Bad installation. Error invoking Java VM (SysExec)
/usr/java/bin/java: No such file or directory
% which java
/usr/java/bin/java
% java -version
java version "1.3.1-rc2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-rc2-b22)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-rc2-b22, mixed mode)
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Though JRE exists and works properly, the b16 installer does not
work properly, not b15. Only for Solaris 2.6 IA, not Solaris 2.6 SPARC.

kenichi.kurosaki@Japan 2001-04-24

The above error occurs only on Solaris 2.6 IA even if it uses released version of
java as follows.

Please enter the path of your installation (eg /usr/local/java/jdk1.2):
/usr/j2se
Obtaining version...
Creating javaws.cfg...
Extracting...
Updating action...
Updating ~/.mailcap...
Updating ~/.mime.types...
Determining full JRE versions...
Java Web Start splash screen process exiting .....
Bad installation. Error invoking Java VM (SysExec)
/usr/j2se/bin/java: No such file or directory
% /usr/j2se/bin/java -version
java version "1.3.0_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0_01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0_01, mixed mode)
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kenichi.kurosaki@Japan 2001-04-26