The SHOW BPB command is a diagnostic, and used to review the contents of the disk BIOS Parameter Block. NOTE Not immediately useful to users. This command is solely intended as a low-level disk diagnostic and debugging tool. EFI$CP> sho bpb efi: BPB: BIOS Parameter Block OEM Name : <HP VMS > Sector Size : 512 Bytes Cluster Size : 4 Sectors Allocation unit : 2048 Bytes (sector size * cluster size) Reserved Sectors : 1 Max Directories : 512 (Root Entries) FAT copies : 2 Media Code : Hard Disk Jump Instruction : 0xeb (normal/expected) FAT Sectors 16 : 0x00fa Sectors per Track : 22 Heads : 23 Sectors Hidden : 0 Total Sectors 16 : 0 Total Sectors 32 : 256000 Volume Size : 256000 Sectors : 131072000 Bytes FAT16 has been detected Volume claims to be <FAT16 >. FAT16 Boot Record Extension: Logical Drive : 0 Boot Signature : 0x29 Volume Serial # : BA51-3A45 (0xba513a45) Volume Label : E8_3_1H1 (bootsig) End Marker : 0xaa55 (valid) OpenVMS EFI$CP Version EFI$CP Version : EFI$CP V6.0-1 FAT Variant : 1