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>