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>You can try to solve the problem by:
>-----
># echo "kern.cam.boot_delay=3D10000" >> /boot/loader.conf
>-----

We've put a pretty sizeable delay already directly in the kernel. There is =
now a noticeable pause before the mount root step is about to be performed.=
 We don't see the problem often now, but even with this delay it still occa=
sionally happens. The problem is that when a system is rebooted programmati=
cally there isn't anyone around to go to the console and reboot manually. I=
t would be nice to be able to reboot a system and have confidence it will a=
ctually reboot...