From:	"Fairbairn Family" <lgcl01 AT es DOT co DOT nz>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Using AS (GAS) to produce COM files - is it possible?
Date:	Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:31:56 +1300
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Hi,

The subject heading says it all.

I use AS as an assembler for Linux, and I am now creating a port of my
program to DOS and need to assemble some asm code into a MSDOS Com file. All
I can figure out is how to output into coff/a.out formats.

At the moment I can't even get a simple "hello world" asm program working
under DOS.

I have rewritten the code into Intel format and it assembles/executes fine
when assembled via NASM (so the code should work - ie the system calls are
available and they do what they are supposed to do) but I would like to use
AS if possible to keep all the ports similiar in their requirements.

I've tried various LD / Objcopy commands etc with out success. Could I use
objcopy with a the "binary" output target to do what I want somehow?

Failing that can someone give me an example asm project which will assemble
with AS under DOS?

Thanks,
Christopher Fairbairn.

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