So I was thinking (which is generally dangerous) and while I haven't had a chance to boot that thing with the USB drive plugged in to confirm that it's assigning it /dev/da0, let's go on that assumption. If that's the case, then it's probably assigning my logical RAID 5 drive /dev/da1, yes? So, could I add a rootdev= or a root_disk_unit= line in my loader.conf that points it to that path, instead of /dev/da0? (I'm not sure which of those I would use, I haven't finished reading about them.)
Of course, I imagine if I did that and ever booted WITHOUT the USB drive plugged in, it wouldn't be able to find root and I'd get the mountroot prompt all over again. I really think the fix is some way to either detect the RAID 5 drive BEFORE the USB drive, or somehow force the USB drive to always be /dev/da1.
What a pickle.
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