I've followed the instructions myself. I've used the Tomcat manager to deploy the app. It deploys correctly and it creates the Alfresco directory in the webapps directory. When I go to start the app though it fails. In fact, not only does it fail but Tomcat appears to freeze altogether and I need to shutdown Tomcat, delete the Alfresca directory and the WAR file, then restart Tomcat.
java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode, sharing)
sing CATALINA_BASE: /var/tomcat5.5
Using CATALINA_HOME: /var/tomcat5.5
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/tomcat5.5/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_03
Server version: Apache Tomcat/5.5.25
Server built: Aug 24 2007 05:33:50
Server number: 5.5.25.0
OS Name: Linux
OS Version: 2.6.9-55.0.2.plus.c4smp
Architecture: i386
JVM Version: 1.6.0_03-b05
JVM Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Running CentOS (RHEL)