Library Lost After Reboot

My Mac Pro intermittently cannot find its iTunes library after a system reboot.
I suspect this may have something to do with the fact that my library is stored on an external FireWire volume; it seems like after a reboot iTunes starts asking for the library before the Finder's finished fretting and checking over all my peripherals. If iTunes would just hold its horses until everything was properly mounted there would be no issue.
Is there any hope for me, or do I keep having to send my kids upstairs to re-jigger iTunes when I want to watch the AppleTV?
Any tips appreciated.
(2012 Mac Pro 12-core, 32 GB RAM, Mountain Lion, current iTunes
External volume is Western Digital 3TB connected via FireWire-400)

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