On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:33:09 -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
According to the manual, ld.com is a stripped down version of 9load,
intended to fit in 64KB. It doesn't, my "production" version is:
--rwxrwxr-x M 9 sys sys 73464 Feb 18 2007 /386/ld.com
which seems to be the current version. Any suggestions? I don't
really want to rebuild it unnecessarily.
++L
The one on Plan 9 ISO image is exactly 73,464 bytes, like yours. Strange
thing, because MS-DOS COM executables are exact memory dumps (no
loader/header/relocation) designed for 16 bit systems which had a
"segmented" memory model (segmented in the ancient sense of the word).
They must fit into one 16-bit segment; exactly 64K.
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