Formats and displays the contents of the specified sector as a GUID Partition Table (GPT) sector. This GPT is assumed located within the target FAT volume structure as mounted by this utility, and accordingly may or may not be the same as the GPT structure found at the front of the physical volume. Format SHOW GPT volume
1 – Parameter
volume The target FAT volume for the command.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /LOGICAL_IO
Specifies that the target GPT is to be accessed using Logical I/O operations. If neither /LOGICAL_IO nor /VIRTUAL_IO is specified, GPT access using Virtual I/O will be attempted first and followed by an attempt to use Logical I/O if [000000]GPT.SYS is not found. If the file [000000]GPT.SYS is correctly placed on the disk, the output of /LOGICAL_IO and /VIRTUAL_IO will be the same.
2.2 /VIRTUAL_IO
Specifies that the target GPT is to be accessed using Virtual I/O operations. If neither /LOGICAL_IO nor /VIRTUAL_IO is specified, GPT access using Virtual I/O will be attempted first and followed by an attempt to use Logical I/O if [000000]GPT.SYS is not found. If the file [000000]GPT.SYS is correctly placed on the disk, the output of /LOGICAL_IO and /VIRTUAL_IO will be the same.
3 – Description
The SHOW GPT command is a diagnostic, and used to review the contents of the disk GUID Partition Table for the specified target partition or device. NOTE This command is not immediately useful to users. This command is solely intended as a low-level disk diagnostic and debugging tool. EFI$CP> show gpt foo: Master Boot Record (MBR) not present or not valid; disk is not partitioned EFI$CP>