It is the 6-byte CDB. I don't know where 1.073 came from, since the 
reason for the restriction is exactly that 21 bits for block number.
Maybe it's a case of classical confusion about what 1 GB is...

	Johnny

der Mouse wrote:
>>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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