All, Not wanting to "pile on" on the thread from Dan Thurman, but I am unable to install the Netbeans 5.0 beta2 + AS 8.1 with java-gcj-compat installed (one single download & install from Sun). I can get the Netbeans portion of the install to run fine, but the AS 8.1 portion refuses to recognize a valid location for the JDK. Is this also a problem with AS8.1 not following the FHS? Or am I not pointing the the proper directory for the JDK? I can get Netbeans to generate and work with stand-alone Java apps just fine. I just can't get an Application Server to work to provide servlets and EJBs. Thanks. John