Q46733: L1008: "Segment Limit Too High" May Be Caused by Missing Colon

Article: Q46733
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 3.x 4.06 4.07 5.01.21 5.03 5.05 5.10 | 5.01.21 5.03 5.05
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 17-DEC-1990

When linking, the following error may be caused by incorrectly
specifying the parameters for the /SE switch on the link command line
with the colon:

   LINK : fatal error L1008: SE: segment limit set too high

To generate the error, link using the /SE switch, then insert a space
and the number of segments for the linker to use, such as the
following:

   LINK /SE 1024

The correct syntax for the /SE option is with a colon separating the
switch from the numeric argument as follows:

   LINK /SE:1024

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