My Reply follows quote. On 12/02/2005 08:19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Also, I seem to recall once-upon-a-time that there was some sort of >potentially malicious exploit that depended on the system drive being >the default "Macintosh HD" name. > >- Eric. > >On Feb 12, 2005, at 11:02 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On Saturday, February 12, 2005, at 06:22 AM, Brian Mahoney wrote: >> >>> >>> The OT question is : What does everyone name their hard drives and/or >>> computers on your network? I figure with the creative crowd here in >>> Powerbooks there might be some pretty neat names for drives/computers >>> out there. Mine have names such as Waldo, Dude, Bubba, Buddy, Bedmac, >>> Kathjam, and, my favorite, Bobomb (from the Mario games). Any cool >>> ones in the ether? >> >> An ungodly number of people have "Macintosh" or "Macintosh HD" because >> they never realize they can rename it. >> >> On my home desktop they're: Mongo, Big Stash, Das Boot, and Pile. >> >> My Powerbook 540c's is called 'Zilla Jr. (from the days when I called >> my drives after Japanese monster movie monsters...then I had Godzilla, >> Gameron and Mothra in my desktop system ;-) I forget what the 5300's >> drive is called. >> >> My work machine has BigWerx and Userland, and an external SCSI called >> Pile which I usually have turned off since the fan has an annoying >> buzz on it. >> >> I have a huge pile of CD-Roms, Zip and floppy disks called Stuff. Does >> make it a pain to find things. ---------- I suppose it depends on how "cute" you want to be versus the practicle need to be able to keep track of mounted "volumes" for network connected machines.
At any given times I have a minimum of 3 and up to 5 Macs of various types connected to my home network. They are used for various tasks, given that they are mostly "vintage" and no one machine can "do it all." So I give the machines names that let me know which one I am connected to (usually the model name - Wallstreet, iBook, etc) and the primary drive or partition reflects that model name - WallstreetHD). That way, if I have several volumes mounted on the desktop of one machine to shuffle files around to prepare for burning a CD or some such, I can keep track of what I am doing. Having three volumes on the desktop, each named "Macintosh Hard Drive" would tax my ability to stay "on task." Ken -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
