diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py
index f0c5ff0..4662c66 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
     if not os.path.exists(options.outdir):
         os.makedirs(options.outdir)
 
-    pname = 'direct'
+    pname = options.imager
     plugin_class = PluginMgr.get_plugins('imager').get(pname)
     if not plugin_class:
         raise WicError('Unknown plugin: %s' % pname)
@@ -266,10 +266,15 @@
             out = exec_cmd("%s -sm %s unit B print" % (self.parted, self.imagepath))
             parttype = namedtuple("Part", "pnum start end size fstype")
             splitted = out.splitlines()
-            lsector_size, psector_size, self._ptable_format = splitted[1].split(":")[3:6]
+            # skip over possible errors in exec_cmd output
+            try:
+                idx =splitted.index("BYT;")
+            except ValueError:
+                raise WicError("Error getting partition information from %s" % (self.parted))
+            lsector_size, psector_size, self._ptable_format = splitted[idx + 1].split(":")[3:6]
             self._lsector_size = int(lsector_size)
             self._psector_size = int(psector_size)
-            for line in splitted[2:]:
+            for line in splitted[idx + 2:]:
                 pnum, start, end, size, fstype = line.split(':')[:5]
                 partition = parttype(int(pnum), int(start[:-1]), int(end[:-1]),
                                      int(size[:-1]), fstype)
@@ -340,9 +345,21 @@
         """Remove files/dirs from the partition."""
         partimg = self._get_part_image(pnum)
         if self.partitions[pnum].fstype.startswith('ext'):
-            exec_cmd("{} {} -wR 'rm {}'".format(self.debugfs,
+            cmd = "{} {} -wR 'rm {}'".format(self.debugfs,
                                                 self._get_part_image(pnum),
-                                                path), as_shell=True)
+                                                path)
+            out = exec_cmd(cmd , as_shell=True)
+            for line in out.splitlines():
+                if line.startswith("rm:"):
+                    if "file is a directory" in line:
+                        # Try rmdir to see if this is an empty directory. This won't delete
+                        # any non empty directory so let user know about any error that this might
+                        # generate.
+                        print(exec_cmd("{} {} -wR 'rmdir {}'".format(self.debugfs,
+                                                    self._get_part_image(pnum),
+                                                    path), as_shell=True))
+                    else:
+                        raise WicError("Could not complete operation: wic %s" % str(line))
         else: # fat
             cmd = "{} -i {} ::{}".format(self.mdel, partimg, path)
             try:
@@ -494,7 +511,7 @@
                     sparse_copy(partfname, target, seek=part['start'] * self._lsector_size)
                     os.unlink(partfname)
                 elif part['type'] != 'f':
-                    logger.warn("skipping partition {}: unsupported fstype {}".format(pnum, fstype))
+                    logger.warning("skipping partition {}: unsupported fstype {}".format(pnum, fstype))
 
 def wic_ls(args, native_sysroot):
     """List contents of partitioned image or vfat partition."""