problem running app with struts 1.1b2 on tomcat 3.2.3

[Dinesh Sampangi]

Hi!, 
  I am getting exception while running the app with struts1.1 b2 on tomcat 3.2.3.. the 
same app run on tomcat 4.0.4 without a hitch.. the app throws stack trace as below..
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Error: 500
Location: /struts-example/index.jsp
Internal Servlet Error:

javax.servlet.ServletException
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:399)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:797)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
        at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

Root cause: 
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
        at 
_0002findex_0002ejspindex_jsp_0._jspService(_0002findex_0002ejspindex_jsp_0.java:69)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:119)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at 
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:177)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:318)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:391)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:404)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:797)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
        at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:498)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
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any help would be gr8.

rgds,
Dinesh B Sampangi.