This error occurs if an object file loaded with a $L or $LINK directive is not of the correct format. Several restrictions must be met:

• Check the naming restrictions on segment names in the help file
• Not more than 10 segments
• Not more than 255 external symbols
• Not more than 50 local names in LNAMES records
• LEDATA and LIDATA records must be in offset order
• No THREAD subrecords are supported in FIXU32 records
• Only 32-bit offsets can be fixed up
• Only segment and self relative fixups
• Target of a fixup must be a segment, a group or an EXTDEF
• Object must be 32-bit object file
• Various internal consistency condition that should only fail if the object file is corrupted.