diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index a49e0bb..bf82b12 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ done
 # create boot mirror list
 bootmirror=""; rootraidz=""; for disk in `echo "$disks"`; do bootmirror="$bootmirror /dev/disk/by-id/${disk}-part3"; rootraidz="$rootraidz /dev/disk/by-id/${disk}-part4"; done
 
+# refresh drives
+partprobe 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
+
 # wait for the partitions to show up
 for disk in `echo "$disks"`
 do
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ echo ""
 echo "Creating boot zpool..."
 errors=`zpool create -f -o ashift=12 -d -o feature@async_destroy=enabled -o feature@bookmarks=enabled -o feature@embedded_data=enabled -o feature@empty_bpobj=enabled -o feature@enabled_txg=enabled -o feature@extensible_dataset=enabled -o feature@filesystem_limits=enabled -o feature@hole_birth=enabled -o feature@large_blocks=enabled -o feature@lz4_compress=enabled -o feature@spacemap_histogram=enabled -o feature@userobj_accounting=enabled -O acltype=posixacl -O canmount=off -O compression=lz4 -O devices=off -O normalization=formD -O relatime=on -O xattr=sa -O mountpoint=/ -R /mnt bpool mirror$bootmirror 2>&1 1>/dev/null`
 if ! [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
-	echo "Failed to create boot pool"
+	echo "Failed to create boot pool - $errors"
 	exit 4
 fi
 echo "Done."