diff --git a/scripts/part b/scripts/part
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ce6aee..0000000
--- a/scripts/part
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-parted $0 mklabel gpt mkpart primary fat32 1MiB 512MiB mkpart primary linux-swap 512MiB 31029MiB mkpart primary btrfs 31029MiB 40% mkpart primary btrfs 40% 100%
-e2label $0p1 BOOT
-e2label $0p2 SWAP
-e2label $0p3 ROOT
-e2label $0p4 HOME
-
-nixos-rebuild e2label /dev/sda1 ROOTswitch --flake ./nix/.#$1
diff --git a/scripts/part.sh b/scripts/part.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f753b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/part.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+read -p "formatting disk $1 with hostname $2 is this correct? " IN
+read -p "is the disk an nvme drive? " NVME
+if [ "$IN" == "y" ]; then
+	echo "commencing"
+	#format disk
+	parted $1 mklabel gpt mkpart primary fat32 1MiB 512MiB mkpart primary linux-swap 512MiB 31029MiB mkpart primary btrfs 31029MiB 40% mkpart primary btrfs 40% 100%
+	if [ "$NVME" == "y" ]; then
+		e2label $1p1 BOOT
+		e2label $1p2 SWAP
+		e2label $1p3 ROOT
+		e2label $1p4 HOME
+	else
+		e2label "$1"1 BOOT
+		e2label "$1"2 SWAP
+		e2label "$1"3 ROOT
+		e2label "$1"4 HOME
+	fi
+	# install nixos
+	nixos-install --flake ./nix/.#$2
+else
+	echo "aborting"
+fi