diff --git a/test/TEST-01-BASIC/create-root.sh b/test/TEST-01-BASIC/create-root.sh
index 046bfb9c..ce900ad2 100755
--- a/test/TEST-01-BASIC/create-root.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-01-BASIC/create-root.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ rm /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
 udevadm control --reload-rules
 set -e
 # save a partition at the beginning for future flagging purposes
-sfdisk -C 1280 -H 2 -S 32 -L /dev/sda <<EOF
+sfdisk -C 2560 -H 2 -S 32 -L /dev/sda <<EOF
 ,16
 ,
 EOF
diff --git a/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh b/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh
index 3023b6a1..35e05bba 100755
--- a/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-01-BASIC/test.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ test_run() {
 test_setup() {
     rm -f $TESTDIR/root.ext3
     # Create the blank file to use as a root filesystem
-    dd if=/dev/null of=$TESTDIR/root.ext3 bs=1M seek=40
+    dd if=/dev/null of=$TESTDIR/root.ext3 bs=1M seek=80
 
     kernel=$KVERSION
     # Create what will eventually be our root filesystem onto an overlay