[X Newbies] Hard Disk Icons in OS X

[Birgit Rhoads]

The icon does not change, whether you are booted in or not.  Apparently 
you are booted up with the white  icon.  My firewire drive is yellow 
with a firewire symbol on it.

Birgit
On Dec 19, 2003, at 12:29 PM, Jeff Rothfus wrote:

> On 12/19/03 you wrote:
>
>>> Could someone help me understand the two kinds of Hard Disk icons --
>>> "white" and "metal"?
>>
>> i have never heard of that... could you send me a screen capture so i
>> can see what you are talking about.
>
> Hi Aranzazu,
>
> I'm sure you've seen the icons.  I'm just not describing them properly 
> ...
>
> The "metal" drive icon is the photo-realistic image of a bare hard 
> drive
> which is familiar to all OS X users.
>
> The "white" icon looks like the white case of an external USB floppy 
> and
> is commonly seen as the icon for Disk Copy's mounted disk images.
>
> I presume the "metal" icon should be the boot drive, but on my "good" 
> OS
> X installation it's not.  In my case, the boot drive shows as the 
> "white"
> icon.
>
> Thanks!
>
> jeff
>
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