diff --git a/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh b/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh
index e24c1cb7..01a817a8 100644
--- a/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh
+++ b/conf/type/__partition_msdos_apply/files/lib.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fdisk_command() {
    local cmd="$2"
 
    debug fdisk_command "running fdisk command '${cmd}' on device ${device}"
-   echo -en "${cmd}\nw\n" | fdisk -c -u "$device"
+   printf "${cmd}\nw\n" | fdisk -c -u "$device"
    return $?
 }