diff --git a/scripts/include/card-helpers.inc b/scripts/include/card-helpers.inc
index 6c3c2ed..215223f 100644
--- a/scripts/include/card-helpers.inc
+++ b/scripts/include/card-helpers.inc
@@ -267,6 +267,49 @@ RunUserStartRoot() {
     fi
 }
 
+# CheckPartitionTable: Checks if device has a partition table. If not write one.
+# The following parameters are expected:
+# 1. Device: e.g /dev/sdc
+# 2. Partition table type: This parameter is optional and default value is msdos
+CheckPartitionTable() {
+    # This function is supposed to be called fist before data is written
+    # so do same safety checks (although it might be redundant)
+    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+        ErrorOut "CheckPartitionTable: no parameter"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -b "$1" ]; then
+        ErrorOut "CheckPartitionTable: parameter $1 does not point to a block device"
+    fi
+    dev=`basename $1`
+    if [ ! `cat /sys/block/$dev/removable` = '1' ]; then
+        ErrorOut "CheckPartitionTable: parameter $1 does not point to a removable device"
+    fi
+    # checks passed here
+    parttype="$2"
+    if [ -z "$parttype" ]; then
+        parttype="msdos"
+    fi
+    # check for partition table
+    partresult=`parted -s $1 -- print 2> /dev/null`
+    PartTableReq=0
+    if ! echo -e $partresult | grep -q "$parttype"; then
+        PartTableReq=1
+    fi
+    # do we need to write part table?
+    if [ $PartTableReq -eq 1 ]; then
+        EvalExAuto "parted -s $1 -- mklabel $parttype" "\nWrite partition table $parttype..."
+        # During tests I found that my card writer failed writing parttion-
+        # table. So for others have similiar - check if partition table arrived.
+        # Funny side note: Now my box with sdcard marked as 'broken' is empty again :)
+        partresult=`parted -s $1 -- print 2> /dev/null`
+        if ! echo -e $partresult | grep -q "$parttype"; then
+            ErrorOut "Partition table '$parttype' was not written. Check your sdcard or another card-adapter!"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    unset retVal parttype partresult retVal PartTableReq
+}
+
 StartCardWrite() {
     # If not set on call - get defaults from machine.inc
     if [ -z "$Machine" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/include/machine-imx.inc b/scripts/include/machine-imx.inc
index 055582c..60329e4 100644
--- a/scripts/include/machine-imx.inc
+++ b/scripts/include/machine-imx.inc
@@ -16,17 +16,19 @@ DEFAULT_FIND_KERNEL="-name ${DEFAULT_KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE}-abiversion-* -type l"
 RootCardWriteCallback() {
     # rootfs write/resize to card fit
     time(
+        # evt. write partition table
+        CheckPartitionTable "$DevicePath"
         # write
         StartMessage="\nWrite $DeployedFile to $DevicePath..."
         if echo $DeployedFile | grep -q '.wic.gz'; then
-            EvalExAuto "gunzip -c $DeployedFile | dd of=$DevicePath bs=1024K" "$StartMessage"
+            EvalExAuto "gunzip -c $DeployedFile | dd of=$DevicePath oflag=nocache bs=1024K" "$StartMessage"
         else
-            EvalExAuto "dd of=$DevicePath if=$DeployedFile bs=1024K" "$StartMessage"
+            EvalExAuto "dd of=$DevicePath oflag=nocache if=$DeployedFile bs=1024K" "$StartMessage"
         fi
-        # sync
-        EvalExAuto "sync" "\nSync..."
-        # resize
-        EvalExAuto "parted -s $DevicePath -- resizepart 2 -0 && resize2fs ${DevicePath}2" "\nResize ${DevicePath}2..."
+        # resize I
+        EvalExAuto "parted -s $DevicePath -- resizepart 2 -0" "\nResize I ${DevicePath}2..."
+        # resize II
+        EvalExAuto "resize2fs ${DevicePath}2" "\nResize II ${DevicePath}2..."
      )
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/include/machine-raspberrypi.inc b/scripts/include/machine-raspberrypi.inc
index 2b46895..7ef43eb 100644
--- a/scripts/include/machine-raspberrypi.inc
+++ b/scripts/include/machine-raspberrypi.inc
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ DEFAULT_FIND_KERNEL="-name ${DEFAULT_KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE}-abiversion-* -type l"
 RootCardWriteCallback() {
     # rootfs write/resize to card fit
     time(
+        # evt. write partition table
+        CheckPartitionTable "$DevicePath"
         # write
-        EvalExAuto "dd of=$DevicePath if=$DeployedFile bs=1024K" "\nWrite $DeployedFile to $DevicePath..."
-        # sync
-        EvalExAuto "sync" "\nSync..."
-        # resize
-        EvalExAuto "parted -s $DevicePath -- resizepart 2 -0 && resize2fs ${DevicePath}2" "\nResize ${DevicePath}2..."
+        EvalExAuto "dd of=$DevicePath oflag=nocache if=$DeployedFile bs=1024K" "\nWrite $DeployedFile to $DevicePath..."
+        # resize I
+        EvalExAuto "parted -s $DevicePath -- resizepart 2 -0" "\nResize I ${DevicePath}2..."
+        # resize II
+        EvalExAuto "resize2fs ${DevicePath}2" "\nResize II ${DevicePath}2..."
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/ti-old-omap-card-part.sh b/scripts/ti-old-omap-card-part.sh
index d628e77..f5e6eb4 100755
--- a/scripts/ti-old-omap-card-part.sh
+++ b/scripts/ti-old-omap-card-part.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ SelectInOut() {
 
 # implement here - not im machine-ti-old-omap.inc
 RootCardWriteCallback() {
-	# kill u-boot environment
-    EvalExAuto "dd if=/dev/zero of=$DevicePath bs=1024 count=1024" "\nKill u-boot environment..."
+    # evt. write partition table
+    CheckPartitionTable "$DevicePath"
+
+    # kill u-boot environment
+    EvalExAuto "dd if=/dev/zero of=$DevicePath ti-old-omap-card-part.sh bs=1024 count=1024" "\nKill u-boot environment..."
 
     # Create the FAT partition of 64MB and make it bootable
     EvalExAuto "parted -s $DevicePath mklabel msdos && parted -s $DevicePath mkpart primary fat32 63s 64MB && parted -s $DevicePath toggle 1 boot" "\nCreate boot partition..."