I provide the following instructions to make installing Tomcat easier on a system using Windows 98. John Hosh Installing TOMCAT I. Acquiring Tomcat Download the ZIPPED file to a temporary directory. Double-click on the .zip file. EXTRACT *all* the files. Create or identify the directory into which the installation should go. The files will extract themselves into sub-directories. II. Setting System Parameters START>RUN>SYSEDIT>OK Display the window with AUTOEXEC.BAT. Add the following two lines to autoexec.bat: SET JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.2.2 [or whatever directory holds java] SET TOMCAT_HOME=C:\TOMCAT\jak321 [or whatever directory holds the installation] Then click START>SHUTDOWN>RESTART III. RUNNING TOMCAT To start and stop Tomcat by double-clicking: Right-click on startup.bat in Windows Explorer. Select the Memory-tab. Set the "Initial environment" field to 3072. (If this field is not set high enough, an "Out of environment space"-error will appear as Tomcat tries to run. Select the Program-tab. Leave "Close on exit" blank so the MS-DOS window does not close. Click APPLY>OK. Right-click on shutdown.bat in Windows Explorer. Do as for startup.bat. Shortcuts for startup and shutdown will appear in the same directory where the .bat files are. *** NOTE: tomcat.bat has an error. Right-click on tomcat.bat. Select EDIT. Locate the sub-routine :gotLibJars. Delete the rem-note. Add a semi-colon so **set CP=%CP%%_LIBJARS%** becomes: set CP=%CP%;%_LIBJARS% Save the file and close it. Then click START>SHUTDOWN>RESTART START TOMCAT Double-click on the startup.bat-shortcut-icon. Two MS-DOS windows will appear. The windows will indicate that Tomcat has finished loading, and is running. Now that you have a web-server, you can explore the JavaServer Pages Tutorial from Sun Microsystems. STOP TOMCAT Double-click on the shutdown.bat-shortcut-icon. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
