From: Sean Proctor <sproctor AT ccs DOT neu DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Creating standalone binaries
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 22:42:15 -0700, Ben Chong <bluesky6 AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I'm new to DJGPP and could not find an answer to my query in the FAQs.
>
>I am interested in using DJGPP to create standalone x86 binaries. For
>example, binaries that can be put into an EPROM and run independantly
>of any OS. Can this be done with DJGPP? 
>
>This of course means no need for any DPMI stuff or even BIOS API stuff
>since the EPROM might be used in an embedded x86 system.
>
>If this can be done, can you provide pointers to how I can do it?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Ben

I'm not really an expert on this... but I don't think you can make
C/C++ binaries independent of an OS as a lot of the calls are OS
dependent... I'd try nasm if you want OS independent binaries... as
that's a free assembler, but whether that will serve your purpose I
don't know.

Sean