> The console boot drivers only know how to access the first 1.073GB,
> anything beyond that is wrapped around.

How *peculiar*.  Do you happen to know where that limit comes from?  A
1G limit wouldn't surprise me (a 6-byte read or write CDB has only 21
bits of block number, which with the half-K blocks that are
near-universal gives 1G capacity).  A limit slightly but definitely
over 1G does.

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