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gorickey · Feb 19, 2002, 09:18 PM

Just for fun, what is/are the names of your OS X Hard Drive(s)? Mine for example, are "Titan" for OS X and "Stool" for OS 9. The reason I chose those is because I have a Titanium PB G4 and I think OS 9 is a bunch of (and full of) crap; hence, the nice toilet icon and name.

So, let the fun begin....

Liquidity X · Feb 19, 2002, 09:29 PM

I always name mine after the code names for he machine. My 20th Anniversay Mac is Spatacus, and my dual g4 500 is Mystic. can't member the code name for my 5200

gorickey · Feb 19, 2002, 09:34 PM

Liquidity X:

5200 Code Names are: Trailblazer, Bongo, Rebound, Transformer

DamnDJ · Feb 19, 2002, 09:41 PM

I've had mine simple over the past few months. My OS X drive is named "Modern" and my OS 9 drive is "Classic".

Originally posted by gorickey:
Just for fun, what is/are the names of your OS X Hard Drive(s)? Mine for example, are "Titan" for OS X and "Stool" for OS 9. The reason I chose those is because I have a Titanium PB G4 and I think OS 9 is a bunch of (and full of) crap; hence, the nice toilet icon and name.

So, let the fun begin....

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: DamnDJ ]

zazou · Feb 19, 2002, 09:55 PM

OK, here you go...

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: zazou ]

yomammasmokeschiba · Feb 19, 2002, 09:56 PM

Partitioned my drive into 3 parts, one for nine, one for x, and one for fast access to files used in both systems. Named simply nine, osx, and share. Boring, but to the point... and so easy to work with.

yomammasmokeschiba

wataru · Feb 19, 2002, 10:04 PM

They're named after the two faster Shinkansen trains.

Cellery · Feb 19, 2002, 10:10 PM

Nothing too exciting here, "Macintosh HD" for the primary, "Mireille" for the FireWire drive, and "Bender" for the 2GB PC Card HD.

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: Cellery ]

philzilla · Feb 19, 2002, 10:13 PM

1st: Lateralus
2nd: Salival
3rd: Aenima

sahara · Feb 19, 2002, 10:15 PM

edddeduck · Feb 19, 2002, 10:17 PM

I have some names too (If I can get I disk to work)

Yo mamma etc : Is that Cat Deeley?

There we go.. (old) means my Old HD need to know when moving stuff when I installed my new one and since then it was never renamed.

Other partions have been renamed but OS 9 has never left.

Cheers Edd

philzilla · Feb 19, 2002, 10:23 PM

edd:

1. don't look like no cat deeley to me buddy

2. why do the icons have a ghost of the word 'demo' loitering under them?

hotani · Feb 19, 2002, 10:29 PM

HAL: from 2001 (seriously, who has not heard of HAL?) - Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer NOT one alphabetical step up from IBM.

gollum, from LotR - 'my precioussssssss' is a 40GB external firewire drive.

And no, I don't use the desktop for anything but a pretty picture.

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: hotani ]

Paco500 · Feb 19, 2002, 10:42 PM

Originally posted by zazou:
OK, here you go...

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: zazou ]

Sounding like a bit of a dork...

where did you find the G4 icon, or did you make it? It's very nice and I would love to get a copy.

Thanks,

Paco

Liquidity X · Feb 19, 2002, 10:44 PM

Thats right! thanks man!

Eug · Feb 19, 2002, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by yomammasmokeschiba:
Partitioned my drive into 3 parts, one for nine, one for x, and one for fast access to files used in both systems. Named simply nine, osx, and share. Boring, but to the point... and so easy to work with.

yomammasmokeschiba

Interesting desktop pix. Hmmm...

P.S. Here's my drive:

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: Eug ]

Liquidity X · Feb 19, 2002, 10:48 PM

heres my icon BTW.

Liquidity X · Feb 19, 2002, 10:49 PM

If u want i will post my custom TAM icon i made also.

philzilla · Feb 19, 2002, 10:51 PM

Originally posted by hotani:
NOT one alphabetical step up from IBM

ahh... but, you can't deny that it is!

yomammasmokeschiba · Feb 19, 2002, 10:51 PM

not Cat Deeley...
The ghosted demo is from my demo copy of Can Combine Icons.

yomammasmokeschiba

Demonhood · Feb 19, 2002, 10:55 PM

i have 19 partitions, but my X system drive is:

Marks the Spot

the icon is the freebsd devil in a bubble.
cheesy, i know.

philzilla · Feb 19, 2002, 11:04 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
i have 19 partitions

N I N E T E E N ! ?

please name and explain

anyway, i thought gorgonzola was the cheesy one?

ARENA · Feb 19, 2002, 11:09 PM

I've always stayed using descriptive names rather than more 'personal' ones.

My partitions are:

- Mac OS X
- Classic (I will change it's name and delete the few classic reminiscences that i still keep in there soon, since i haven't used classic at all for a LONG time, and i don't plan to use it in the future either.)
- Extra

Nawus · Feb 19, 2002, 11:15 PM

I had 10.1.2 on one and LISA (as in LISA by Apple) for the other, now I have to change it to 10.1.3!!!

zazou · Feb 19, 2002, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by Paco500:


Sounding like a bit of a dork...

where did you find the G4 icon, or did you make it? It's very nice and I would love to get a copy.

Thanks,

Paco

They will be avail. here for a bit.
It is a Haxi done with Iconographer 2.2.

My Custom G4 Icons

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mrtew · Feb 19, 2002, 11:24 PM

OK I am a backup freak! I never throw anything away and I've never lost any software. In fact I still have Quicktime 1.0 I think it's a collector's item. Anyway in pursuit of this obsession, I have several duplicates of everything on my drive. Here are my six partitions. The ones named 'Computer' are named after the one that was on Capt' Jim Kirk's ship, of course.

chris v · Feb 19, 2002, 11:31 PM

The top 2 are obvious-- I keep all my files on the 3rd one. The Maxtor firewire drive is just a mirror for backup and troubleshooting purposes.

CV

jwblase · Feb 20, 2002, 12:06 AM

Boy am I lame..

I simply have "Bob" and "Fred"

The most generic names I can think of...

JB

Millennium · Feb 20, 2002, 12:07 AM

My hard drives were previously named Balthasar, Melchior, and Caspar. Now they're Yukino, Arima, and Asaba.

Yeah, I'm an anime freak. What can I say? (anyone got any good KareKano icons, by any chance?)

Paco500 · Feb 20, 2002, 12:21 AM

Originally posted by zazou:


They will be avail. here for a bit.
It is a Haxi done with Iconographer 2.2.

My Custom G4 Icons

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: zazou ]

Thanks.

You are a good person.

Paco

jokell82 · Feb 20, 2002, 12:40 AM

God, I guess this really makes me a geek. My HD name is Amidala:

[EDIT]Yeah, well I'm not as big of a geek as I thought I was. Itools isn't really working right now, and I can't connect to my school's ftp to put up this image.[/EDIT]

[ANOTHER EDIT]Fixed it

[/ANOTHER EDIT]

[ 02-22-2002: Message edited by: jokell82 ]

eno · Feb 20, 2002, 01:01 AM

I go with Mac OS X codenames.

So my 10.1.x install drive is called "Puma".

Back in the 10.0 days it was called "Cheetah".

Soon, hopefully, it will be called "Jaguar". :-)

hotani · Feb 20, 2002, 01:09 AM

Originally posted by philzilla:


ahh... but, you can't deny that it is!

heh-heh; got me there.

I should rephrase: Clarke was not thinking about IBM (or anyone's BM) when he named HAL.

[ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: hotani ]

hyperizer · Feb 20, 2002, 01:41 AM

As a big William Gibson fan, my two drives are named "Neuromancer" and "Wintermute." Wintermute happens to be divided into two partions ("Wintermute 9" and "Wintermute X"). Both are 60 GB Maxtor internal drives.

Kristoff · Feb 20, 2002, 01:50 AM

Call me boring, but mine are:
Macintosh HD
and
Media

both are 7200 RPM 80 GB Seagates

Oh yeah, and I have an NFS mount from my Linux server at /Network/Pictures....it's an iPhoto library that me and my wife share.

RGB · Feb 20, 2002, 02:04 AM

Under my partitioned setup I had OSX HD and Classic HD. Since wiping the drive and removing the partitioned setup, I just have "The HD" seems fitting to me.

Maneki Neko · Feb 20, 2002, 02:08 AM

No nifty icon for me, but it's named Elysium, after the machine.

This may reveal my ultranerd status, but all my machines are named after planes from AD&D.

hyperizer · Feb 20, 2002, 02:21 AM

Originally posted by chris v:
The top 2 are obvious-- I keep all my files on the 3rd one. The Maxtor firewire drive is just a mirror for backup and troubleshooting purposes.

CV

Chris, do you remember where you got your top two drive icons (and what the name of the set was)? They look familiar but I can't seem to find 'em.

ReggieX · Feb 20, 2002, 02:33 AM

I can't get custom HD icons to show up in X, am I doing something wrong? Isn't it just a matter of copy/paste?

My downloads folder (ALWAYS seperate from the Documents!) has a great picture of the Kool Aid man, for no particular reason... but I'm in 9 so I can't show you.

Dr Evil · Feb 20, 2002, 02:35 AM

Once I got the G4, I wanted to keep the same sort of name I had for the Blue G3, "Blue G3 of Power", so I searched http://www.thesaurus.com/ and I came away with a really cool word.

wataru · Feb 20, 2002, 02:49 AM

Originally posted by Millennium:
My hard drives were previously named Balthasar, Melchior, and Caspar.

Chrono Trigger is the best game ever.

starfleetX · Feb 20, 2002, 03:21 AM

Xealot is my internal 60 GB IDE drive with OSX 10.1.3.
Zaar is my internal 36 GB Ultra160 SCSI drive with OS 9.2.2.

Jerommeke · Feb 20, 2002, 03:23 AM

Macintosh HD

chris v · Feb 20, 2002, 09:05 AM

Originally posted by hyperizer:


Chris, do you remember where you got your top two drive icons (and what the name of the set was)? They look familiar but I can't seem to find 'em.

I got 'em from xicons, but they don't appear to be there anymore.

I wonder if Apple legal came after 'em?

I've got to go to work, but I can stick 'em on my idisk tonight...

CV

tngland · Feb 20, 2002, 09:21 AM

I ran into some esoteric Applescript difficulties with long names & names with spaces, so when I set up 3 partitions on my TiBook, I settled on:

R
E
M

surfacto · Feb 20, 2002, 10:16 AM

TiBook 550 --> Ferdinand
Indigo iMac --> Indigo (feeling inspired that day I can tell you...)
I used to have a Beige G3 named Wallace. I donated it to my former lab when I moved, but now I regret it. That was a great machine

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Diggory Laycock · Feb 20, 2002, 10:23 AM

Boring names - cool icons:

[email protected] · Feb 20, 2002, 10:50 AM

My Dual USB iBook 500 is named "Casper" (the friendly iBook). Since he's at Apple getting his firewire port fixed I can't show you a pic.

Hopefuly he'll be back Friday. (Pretty please please PLEASE!)

Luke
BOOMER SOONER!

Geobunny · Feb 20, 2002, 12:40 PM

Originally posted by [email protected]:
My Dual USB iBook 500 is named "Casper" (the friendly iBook). Since he's at Apple getting his firewire port fixed I can't show you a pic.

Hopefuly he'll be back Friday. (Pretty please please PLEASE!)

Luke
BOOMER SOONER!

Umm, "he"?!

My OS X drive is named "Hexley" (Darwin/BSD mascot) with a Saltire (Scottish flag) as its icon...nothing wrong with a bit of patriotism!
My OS 9 drive has the same OS 9 icon as Chris's Humungo2 above, and is named "Phoenix" because I've managed to corrupt and nearly completely destroy it 4 times but it still has its original contents...thanks to DiskWarrior and NortonUtils

[ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: Geobunny ]

xi_hyperon · Feb 20, 2002, 01:04 PM

Mac OSX
Classic
10GB

Creative and catchy, huh?

You guys have some cool icons out there, I am inspired to freshen up my collection. Off to xicons...