markz@microsoft.UUCP (Mark Zbikowski) (07/02/85)
> An obvious problem will be converting the .EXE file produced by the linker > to a format the target machine can load and execute. Currently we are > planning to somehow convert the .EXE file to a memory image which can > then be loaded to a known address by the bootstrap routines. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Brent E. Rector - CONTEL CADO, Torrance, CA > { decvax, hplabs, ihnp4, ucbvax, sdcrdcf }!trwrb!cadovax!brent > philabs!cadovax!brent > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- The obvious and simple way to convert an EXE file into a core image is to load it with DEBUG and save it with the "w" command. Bob Bruck { allegra | hao | ...}!nbires!bob Yikes! Sure, let's have DEBUG do some RANDOM relocation and wonder why the program doesn't work. IBM supplies a program EXE2BIN that does what you expect. If a relocation adjustment is needed, the program will prompt for the value.