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So, I downloaded USB stick .img
Instead of just writing it with dd, I've mounted and dumped it, as I wanted custom USB stick, layout.

To cut it short.
Bootable img file appears as ad0s2a instead of ad0a.
Once I boot from BIOS->USB stick->slice 2, I enter sysinstall successfully.

Now I wana enter into FIXIT, from USB.
And I get "No USB devices found!"

Other parts of sysinstall, DO list ad4 (my HDD) and da0 (my USB stick) correctly.

I think sysinstall has hardcoded command, to mount da0a and doesn't see da0sxa, at all.

So how do I do it manually.
Emergency Holo Sh is no go.
 
Maybe this part of code is responsible, from file /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/devices.c:
Code: 
/*
 * Find all devices that match the criteria, allowing "wildcarding" as well
 * by allowing NULL or ANY values to match all.  The array returned is static
 * and may be used until the next invocation of deviceFind().
 */
Device **
deviceFind(char *name, DeviceType class)
{
    static Device *found[DEV_MAX];
    int i, j;

    j = 0;
    for (i = 0; i < numDevs; i++) {
        if ((!name || !strcmp(Devices[i]->name, name))
            && (class == DEVICE_TYPE_ANY || class == Devices[i]->type))
            found[j++] = Devices[i];
    }
    found[j] = NULL;
    return j ? found : NULL;
}
 
Options --> Rescan Devices, in sysinstall don't work.

Could I start fixit, from loader prompt directly?
 
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