diff --git src/main/docbkx/troubleshooting.xml src/main/docbkx/troubleshooting.xml
index 586e76a..e722df4 100644
--- src/main/docbkx/troubleshooting.xml
+++ src/main/docbkx/troubleshooting.xml
@@ -694,6 +694,15 @@ Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: File _partition.lst does not exist.
LocalJobRunner means the job is running locally, not on the cluster.
+
+ To solve this problem, you should run your MR job with your
+ HADOOP_CLASSPATH set to include the HBase dependencies.
+ The "hbase classpath" utility can be used to do this easily.
+ For example (substitute VERSION with your HBase version):
+
+ HADOOP_CLASSPATH=`hbase classpath` hadoop jar $HBASE_HOME/hbase-VERSION.jar rowcounter usertable
+
+ See
http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/package-summary.html#classpath for more