Tomcat Startup Problem

Hi,
I have extrated jakarta4.1.29 to c:\TOMCAT41
when i run catalina.bat i get the following error..
"Directory C:\TOMCAT41\bin\..\lib does not exist"
After creating a folder lib in C:\TOMCAT41 the above error is resolved,
but then after starting TOMCAT, when i access the TOMCAT homepage i get the foll error in the browser

HTTP Status 503 - Servlet jsp is currently unavailable
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type Status report
message Servlet jsp is currently unavailable
description The requested service (Servlet jsp is currently unavailable) is not currently available.

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Apache Tomcat/4.1.29

Could anyone help me out...
Regards
Johnny

I'm wondering if you didn't get a bad download - did you do the MD5 check on the integrity of the file? Are you sure this is the exact msg?

"Directory C:\TOMCAT41\bin\..\lib does not exist"

I say that because my tomcat 4.1.27 and .30 installations don't have any subdirectory to the \bin directory.
Which SDK do you have installed? As I recall there is a different version for SDK 1.3 users.
Bill

Hi William,
The download is proper, i did check that... I am posting the foll msgs so that you get a better picture and possibly help me out....
C:\Tomcat41\bin>catalina.bat run
Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\Tomcat41
Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\Tomcat41
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: ..\temp
Using JAVA_HOME: C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01
Directory C:\Tomcat41\bin\..\lib does not exist............................
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After creating a folder lib in c:\Tomcat41 and running catalina .. server
started...
C:\Tomcat41\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29\bin>catalina.bat run
Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\Tomcat41
Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\Tomcat41
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: ..\temp
Using JAVA_HOME: C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01
Mar 21, 2004 1:23:32 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8081
Starting service Tomcat-Standalone
Apache Tomcat/4.1.29
Mar 21, 2004 1:23:34 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8081
Mar 21, 2004 1:23:34 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK2: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
Mar 21, 2004 1:23:34 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/31 config=C:\Tomcat41\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29\bin\..
\conf\jk2.properties
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Message on the browser while accessing http://localhost:8081/index.jsp

HTTP Status 503 - Servlet jsp is currently unavailable
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type Status report
message Servlet jsp is currently unavailable
description The requested service (Servlet jsp is currently unavailable) is not currently available.

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Apache Tomcat/4.1.29................
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Thanks
Johnny

I am mystified - I have never seen a message like

Directory C:\Tomcat41\bin\..\lib does not exist..........................

but of course I always execute startup.bat instead of catalina.bat.
Did you have any earlier version of Tomcat installed on this machine?
Do you define the JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME environment variables.
Have you tried executing startup.bat instead of catalina.bat?
Bill

Hi Bill,
There are no previous installations of Tomcat, I tried using startup.bat
but the results are still the same. Also the env variables are set for
JAVA_HOME & CATALINA_HOME. But still the error msgs persist...

Thanks
John