From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Creating standalone binaries
Date: 24 Jun 2000 13:13:29 -0700
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Ben Chong <bluesky6 AT ix DOT netcom DOT com> writes:

> 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? 

It can; but you'll have to avoid calling any library functions.  Also,
you'll probably have to rebuild the linker to make it produce a flat
binary image (without an EXE header and so forth).  I'm not
immediately sure of the details of how to do this.

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Nate Eldredge
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