Marian,
This is a common problem on Win98; check out the below email and
link for further info:
http://mikal.org/interests/java/tomcat/archive/nph/search?search=environment+space
> From: Jim Richards
> Subject: Re: Problems with the most Basic Hello servlet and jsp.
> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:53:22 +1100
>>C:\jakarta-tomcat\bin>TOMCAT.BAT start
>>Out of environment space
>>Out of environment space
>>Out of environment space
>>Out of environment space
>>Out of environment space
>
> To fix this you'll need to edit your c:\config.sys and either add,
> or modify
> this entry
>
> SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /P /E:4096
>
> You've run out of environment space within your DOS shell. This will
> increase it to 4096 bytes, so when the CLASSPATH gets set, there
> is space for it.
Marian Ganuci wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I just downloaded Tomcat3.2.1, but I'm facing some difficulties. First of
> all, I'm using Windows 98 SE; I already have jdk1.3, and I properly set the
> JAVA_HOME and TOMCAT_HOME environment variables. I get the messages: "bad
> command or file name" messages and several "Out of environment space"
> Does anyone have an ideea?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Marius