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- From: patlin_s@cubldr.colorado.edu
- Subject: Re: HOW DO I rename a hard disk????????
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.141146.1@cubldr.colorado.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:11:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.150036.29587@news2.cis.umn.edu>, Patrick Parker <pharmacy@epx.cis.umn.edu> writes:
- > In article <kq4guB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com> djredick@bluemoon.use.com (Darrin J.
- > Redick) writes:
- >>cwheeler@alsvid.une.edu.au (AlphaPrime) writes:
- >>
- >>> I have a Mac Classic II running system 7.1. I can't rename the hard disk.
- >>> So far I have made sure the File sharing was off and made sure that no
- > networ
- >>> funtions are on.
- >>> What do I do.
- >>
- >>Well, offhand, what _I_ would do is take the pointer, click on the name
- >>of the hard drive, and type the new name. I believe that is how it is
- >>done.
- >
- > I think he's aware that this used to be the way it worked, but is asking how to
- > do it now that System 7 has changed things. I don't know how many other people
- > experience this problem, but I can't change my HD names without a utility
- > either... and no I don't have sharing on, nor any applications running, etc.
- > Basically, I use DiskTools to rename the hard drive. Also, I know if you mount
- > with System 6 you can change the name. I'm curious as to why it's become a
- > problem to rename hard drives. Maybe this is a _feature_ of System 7 so as to
- > make it harder for non-welcome users from changing configurations.. who knows.
-
- Hmm. Just out of curiousity, I reached over and tried to do it the "old"
- way on my IIci (which I'm currently connecting to the net with.)
-
- Worked absolutely normally for me under tuned up system 7.
-
- Scott.
-