On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Hans-Christian Koch <hc.k...@scheerkoch.de> wrote: > > as I am trying to get a working serial port emulation under DOSEMU I would > like to use the freedos version of mode.com . I need to remove the if clause > that checks whether the serial port number is invalid (<1 or >4) as I’d like > to configure COM5. I found the code in mode.c and changed it but I don’t > know how to recompile. Makefile said something about nasm so I installed > nasm on a virtual DOS machine and did “nasm makefile” but there were a few > errors saying “error: label or instruction expected at start of line”. Seems > like these lines were comments.
> Does anyone know what to do? NASM is an assembler program, intended to produce object code from Assembler source files. When you said "nasm makefile", you told nasm to try to assemble makefile. Because makefile isn't an assembly language source file, nasm had no idea what to make of it. Makefiles are instructions to the make utility. Make reads a makefile and performs the steps specified in it. The makefile defines what steps must be performed in what order to compile and build the program the makefile is for. Make will call nasm to assemble to assemble the appropriate assembly language file(s) specified in the makefile. Assuming you have make installed, go the the directory where the makefile is and just enter a make command. By default, make will look for a file called makefile in that directory, read it, and attempt to follow the instructions it gives. > Hans ______ Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
