Error A2198 with flag -bin

[marco6]

Hi all,
Can anybody tell me why if i compile a minimal program like:

.model small
.stack
.data
.code
.startup
mov al, 'a'
.exit
end

with the flag -bin it prompts me with the erro A2198, and doesn't compile at all.
BTW if I remove the '.startup' directive it compiles fine.
What am I missing?

[japheth]

> with the flag -bin it prompts me with the erro A2198, and doesn't compile at all.

The small memory model needs a segment fixup for DGROUP - which the binary format cannot fix.

There are 2 possibilities:

1. change model to ".model tiny"   
OR
2. use -mz instead of -bin