> SET JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.3.1_03 also: SET TOMCAT_HOME=C:\Where\You\Put\Tomcat
and to make it not "flash away quickly" I think you can start tomcat differently. you probably do startup.bat or startup try tomcat.bat start instead i think (could be wrong, don't have windows). fillup On 6/1/02 5:18 PM, "Alexis Michelle Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am at my wit's end trying to configure Tomcat on my laptop. > > I've tried tomcat 3.3.1, Tomcat 4.0.3 and now 4.0.1 to no avail, each with > their own problems. The closest I've gotten is with 3.3.1, so I'm trying > that again. Previously, I'd been able to get the Tomcat server up and > running, and my only problem was with my java comiler. I (unreasonably) > decided to start all over again with another version (the one my book > walked me through). Now I can't even start the server. It begins for a > few secods (in anoher msdos window that says "JAVA") and then shuts > down almost immediately. I can just barely read something that > flashes across that appears to be "exception in 'main'" > or some kind of exception. > > > I've been following instructions first at: > http://archive.coreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-3.2.html or > http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html > > now I'm using > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-3.3-doc/tomcat-ug.html > > I've changed my memory settings to 4096, but still when I run startup, > the new window opens up only for a few seconds before shutting down again. > > I also modified config.sys as follows > SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /P > > I am using windows 98, have set autoexec.bat to read: > SET JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.3.1_03 > > and I appended my PATH to inlcude the last bit, as mcafee > already has a PATH setting in my autoexec.bat: > > SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\PROGRA~1\NETWOR~1\MCAFEE~1;C:\JDK1.3.1_03\BIN > > Obviously I have no clue what I'm doing so I'm just trying to follow > instructions. Are there settings I may have set for my attempts at > installing previous version that need to be changed? I'm really at a loss > and would appreciate any suggestions as to other user guides online or if > anyone has any insights. > > Thanks, > > Alexis > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
