How to serve tiff WMS imagery through GeoServer
- by mikem419
Ok so I am new to the GeoServer/database world.  I am a student intern and I have been given the task of setting up a WMS using GeoServer.  I have never done any database work before this so bare with me if my questions leave out important information.
I am using GeoServer 2.0.1 in standalone mode (downloaded using Jetty) with PostgreSQL 8.4 installed.  I went through nyc_roads and nyc_buildings install demo in the GeoServer documentation but I still do not understand how I should go about serving up some test images.  I noticed that the nyc_roads setup included a .sql file that was responsible for setting up the nyc_buildings database.  I do not know how/where this file was generated.
Our test images are .tiff and .jpeg.  I have successfully been able to do a WMS call on the local GeoServer machine, and have opened the included demo imagery.  I now wish to add these .tiff and .jpeg images to GeoServer and access them through WMS.  I have tried copying the images to the GeoServer data directory,adding a new data store, and layers, but I always receive an error regarding the "input stream." 
Again I am very sorry if I am leaving out allot of vital information, this is as much as I know.
thanks!