Mustang b79: Java VM failed on start with error occurred during initialization of VM on Windows98 SE

FAILED: jdk6 b79, b80
PASSED: jdk6 b78
OS: Windows98 SE
Hosts to reproduce: stt-10.russia.sun.com, stardust.sfbay
stt-10.russia.sun.com available via VNC, pass 12345

Java VM failed on start with error:
>Z:/Links/stt/jdk_promotions/JDK6.0/b79/binaries/windows-i586/jdk1.6.0/bin/java.exe -showversion
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Error occurred during initialization of VM
Unable to load native library: A device attached to the system is not functioning
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