Default home for server

[Krishna Kant T]

hi guys

i need to set a jsp present in webapps/ROOT/myDir as the default home page for the 
server. i have tried
setting it in web.xml as follows

<welcome-file-list>

 <welcome-file>
            /myDir/Home.jsp
        </welcome-file>

</welcome-file-list>


but it doesnt work. Could somebody please help me out

Thanx in advance

-krishna kant