Problems with Installer (v8)

Hi all,

I am trying to install a sonic runtime environment on Solars 10 (x86) (headless).

When trying to install, the installer aborts with this error:

$ ./install.bin -i console

Preparing to install...

./install.bin: !: not found

Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...

Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

Preparing CONSOLE Mode Installation...

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Installer User Interface Mode Not Supported

The installer cannot run in this UI mode. To specify the interface mode, use the -i command-line option, followed by the UI mode identifier. The valid UI modes identifiers are GUI, Console, and Silent.

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this is with Java 1.5.0_11 (Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode)).

When I try this with Java 1.4 (1.4.2_12-b03), the installation fails with

No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH

environment variable.  You must install a VM prior to

running this program.

I suspect this is a problem with the installer, but I cannot figure out what it is.

Anyone else run into this issue?

Thanks in advance

Phil