Hmmm, the machine I have FreeBSD installed on here at home is in a VMware session so I couldn't test the mounting procedure but according to "man mount" that should have done it. And my machines at work are all standalone BSD boxes. As you can tell, I am not as familiar with the FreeBSD boot loader. I'll have to do some more research (I hate to do another install although my main machine is configured similar to yours, I could shrink the partition on my second drive and do an install to that partition and see if I can duplicate and solve your issue. But I don't think it's going to happen tonight, actually probably not at all this weekend as I have a fun packed weekend ahead. Sorry I couldn't help you. Maybe some of these "BSD Rules" types on here can help you out.