Displays the contents of the default or of the specified sector
as a Master Boot Record (MBR) structure.
NOTE
The FAT partition typically mounted with this utility
does not include a Master Boot Record (MBR) structure. An
entire OpenVMS I64 system disk will include a Legacy or a
Protective MBR, however. To display the contents of the
disk-level bootblock structures, please see the SYS$SETBOOT
foreign-command interface.
Format
SHOW MBR volume
1 – Parameter
volume
The target FAT volume for the command.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /BLOCK
/BLOCK=lbn
The sector to be formatted as a Master Boot Record (MBR). If
not specified, the default will be the calculated sector for the
current disk.
3 – Description
The SHOW MBR command is a diagnostic, and used to review the
contents of the disk Master Boot Record for the specified target
partition or device.
NOTE
Not immediately useful to users. This command is solely
intended as a low-level disk diagnostic and debugging tool.
EFI$CP> show mbr foo:
Master Boot Record (MBR) not present or not valid; disk is not partitioned
EFI$CP>