Maximum Number of Segments LINK Supports

Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
Article ID: Q31990

5.01.20 5.01.21 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.13 5.15 5.30 5.31.009 5.50 5.60 MS-DOS kbtool

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS, versions 5.01.20, 5.01.21, 5.03, 5.05, 5.1, 5.13, 5.15, 5.3, 5.31.009, 5.5, and 5.6

The /SEGMENTS:number linker option specifies the maximum number of program segments. The default limit in Microsoft LINK is 128 if the linker command line does not specify the /SEGMENTS option or if no number is specified. The maximum number of segments supported by LINK versions 5.10 and greater is 16,375. Segment definitions are constrained by the memory available at link time.

Additional reference words: kbinf 5.10 5.30 5.50 5.60
KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: LinkIss
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
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