Before you can run the server you must have installed the Java jdk 1.3.1 
or later available at http://java.sun.com and downloaded and installed the 
Xerces XML parser available from the apache project at: http://xml.apache.org/

In order to start the server on your system you will need to know the path
to the tools.jar and xerces.jar files on your system.

You must set the classpath to these files or you will not be able
to run the server.

If you are running on Windows you may edit the start.bat file and use that
to start the server. It shows one way to call the java interpreter and set 
the classpath. The paths in the start.bat file on the CD will be wrong
for your system! Do not attempt to use it as is. To make the start file work:

1. copy the contents of the server directory to your hard drive.

2. change the CD "\Documents and Settings..."
line so that it changes the directory to where you have placed the server 
directory on your hard drive.

3. change the first part of the line: C:\jdk1.3.1\bin\java.exe
so that it contains the correct path to the java interpreter

4. change the -classpath part of the same line so that the paths to
the tools.jar and xerces.jar files are correct.