Re: Problem with fasm

suchi_01 wrote:
Hi Frank,
Thanks for the reply. Will try it and let you know. This
is precisely what i want to do, but the problem is that the bootsector
code does not have an elf loader yet, so i don't know whether .text
part will be identified and put in the right place or not during boot
process

Hi Suchindra,

Doesn't sound like a Fasm/Nasm problem, really. You might want to look at GRUB, rather than write your own.

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/

Best,
Frank

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