Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:39:04 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: debugging 16-bit code
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On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Jeff Williams wrote:

> Can I use any of the djgpp debuggers to debug 16-bit code?

No, DJGPP debuggers can only load and run DJGPP programs.  So they
cannot load 16-bit programs, and cannot even access their code,
because doing so requires to know how registers like CS and DS are set
up in real mode.

> I gave it a try last night with fsdb and edebug32, but they each
> complained about the executable's format and wouldn't load it.

As expected.

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