Hi, I think you should check you JAVA_HOME and the folders under the JAVA_HOME like this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] MyMapreduce]$ echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] MyMapreduce]$ ls $JAVA_HOME bin COPYRIGHT demo include jre lib LICENSE man README.html sample src.zip THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt Kevin On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Ahmad Humayun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there people, > > I was trying get the namenode formatted....and I keep getting this Java VM > init error. > > The only configuration I have made is in hadoop-env.sh as said in the > docs: > export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre > > but everytime I do "bin/hadoop namenode -format" I get this error: > Error occurred during initialization of VM > > Any ideas? > > > Regards, > > > -- > Ahmad Humayun > Research Assistant > Computer Science Dpt., LUMS > +92 321 4457315 >
