If you are not sure of port 8080 use port 80 for tomcat by changing the line inside the server.xml under jakaarta-tomcat-3.2.1\conf directory from
<!-- Normal HTTP -->
<Connector className="org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpConnector">
<Parameter name="handler"
value="org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler"/>
<Parameter name="port"
value="8080"/>
</Connector>
TO
<!-- Normal HTTP -->
<Connector className="org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpConnector">
<Parameter name="handler"
value="org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler"/>
<Parameter name="port"
value="80"/>
</Connector>
Remember to turn off PWS/IIS if there is one running in 80. Now try startup.bat.
If you looking for Tomcat full setup follow link
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001916.html Ajan
[This message has been edited by Ajan Balakrishnan (edited February 04, 2001).]