Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 16:22:59 +1000 (EST)
From: Paul Wankadia <wanpsm98 AT octarine DOT cc DOT adfa DOT oz DOT au>
Subject: Re: An OS..
To: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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On Sun, 10 May 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> >>You could also just use the compiler/assembler of DJGPP to write the kernel,
> >>as long as you didn't use the library.
> >I found that one shouldn't use ld to do the final link, as the specs make
> >ld link in crt0.o and what not; also, one needs to be careful when 

I wrote that after spending five days in the desert, living on dried goat 
meat and meagre rations of water ...

> One can certainly use `ld' (in fact one will have great difficulty using
> their code otherwise), it's just that one will have to call it directly and
> manually figure out the options. Depending on what you want, you needn't use
> the scripts at all.

... I MEANT to say that one shouldn't use gcc to link, as the specs make 
it link in crt0.o et al et cetera et cetera ad adsurdum ... <slapping self>