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say i am wondering how to use ld to change a gcc elf file into a bin file that i can put in the boot sector of a floppy and ...
  1. 05-16-2009 #1
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    ld elf to bin

    say i am wondering how to use ld to change a gcc elf file into a bin file that i can put in the boot sector of a floppy and boot from does any body know how or know where i can find a good tutorial or explination
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    The best I could do, when I did this, was to compile an asm file with the .code16 directive and then use readelf to extract the text section and then use this as raw hex for the boot file...G1434
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    ok i guess i will have to do that unless find a better way
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    I heard some people say that NASM supports bin files but like I said 'I only heard' and never tried it myself. I pretty much force the code to do what I wanted with GNU as , readelf, and a small linker scipt ...Gerard4143
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