diff --git a/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard b/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard
index c6f3fae66c..66c05c4e1f 100755
--- a/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard
+++ b/packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/files/create_sdcard
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ echo "#########################################################"
 
 # create a single partition
   echo "creating partitions on $DISK..."
-  parted -s "$DISK" unit cyl mkpart primary fat32 -- 0 16
-# align the partition on 4mb boundary, starting at 132mb (132 % 4 == 0), which
+  parted -s "$DISK" mkpart primary fat32 -- 0 256MiB 
+# align the partition on 4mb boundary, starting at 260mb (260 % 4 == 0), which
 # is right after the first partition
-  parted -s "$DISK" mkpart primary ext2 -- 132MiB -2cyl
+  parted -s "$DISK" mkpart primary ext2 -- 260MiB -2cyl
 
 # make partition active (bootable)
   echo "marking partition active..."