I think the easiest would be to use a Hadoop Windows distribution, such as Hortonworks. However, the Linux version of Hortonworks is a little bit more advanced.
> On 18 Apr 2016, at 14:13, My List <mylistt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Deepak, > > The following could be a very dumb questions so pardon me for the same. > 1) When I download the binary for Spark with a version of Hadoop(Hadoop 2.6) > does it not come in the zip or tar file? > 2) If it does not come along,Is there a Apache Hadoop for windows, is it in > binary format or will have to build it? > 3) Is there a basic tutorial for Hadoop on windows for the basic needs of > Spark. > > Thanks in Advance ! > >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Deepak Sharma <deepakmc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Once you download hadoop and format the namenode , you can use start-dfs.sh >> to start hdfs. >> Then use 'jps' to sss if datanode/namenode services are up and running. >> >> Thanks >> Deepak >> >>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:18 PM, My List <mylistt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi , >>> >>> I am a newbie on Spark.I wanted to know how to start and verify if HDFS has >>> started on Spark stand alone. >>> >>> Env - >>> Windows 7 - 64 bit >>> Spark 1.4.1 With Hadoop 2.6 >>> >>> Using Scala Shell - spark-shell >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> Harry >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> Deepak >> www.bigdatabig.com >> www.keosha.net > > > > -- > Thanks, > Harmeet