i386:86 architecture of input file incompatible with i386 output

RutujaY · 09-15-2013, 07:13 AM

I am trying to assemble a program using nasm on fedora 18.
When I first used the command
nasm -f elf64 program.asm
it worked correctly but when i uased the command
ld -s -o program program.o
it gave me an error
i386:86 architecture of input file incompatible with i386 output

Please help me with this...!!!!

jpollard · 09-15-2013, 10:29 AM

It sounds like your system as installed is a 686 (ie a 32 bit system).

You can't link a 64 bit object file with 32 bit libraries.

Try dropping the -f elf64 option and see what happens.