# create a file large enough to hold a GPT partition table
dd if=/dev/null of=$dev bs=$ss seek=$ns || framework_failure
-# create a GPT partition table with 9 PTEs.
+# create a GPT partition table with 9 partitions in a standard 128-entry table.
parted -a min -s $dev mklabel gpt \
mkpart p1 34s 34s \
mkpart p2 35s 35s \