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From: Robert Peirce on 27 Feb 2010 19:12
I have a 2Tb disk with 12 partitions that I use for backups. I want to
use one partition for a safety backup before upgrading, but I want to
rename it so I will remember what it is for. I can't figure out how to
do that.
From: nospam on 27 Feb 2010 19:14
In article <bob-0912A6.19123527022010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Robert
Peirce <bob(a)peirce-family.com> wrote:

> I have a 2Tb disk with 12 partitions that I use for backups. I want to
> use one partition for a safety backup before upgrading, but I want to
> rename it so I will remember what it is for. I can't figure out how to
> do that.

click on the disk icon, then hit return and it will become editable. or
you can click a second time on the name of the disk, just be sure you
wait long enough so it's not seen as a double click.
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 27 Feb 2010 19:51

Robert Peirce wrote:
> I have a 2Tb disk with 12 partitions that I use for backups. I want to
> use one partition for a safety backup before upgrading, but I want to
> rename it so I will remember what it is for. I can't figure out how to
> do that.

You could for example do it so
Main disk > Backup diskname
Bootdisk 1/160 > Bootdisk 1/160 BU
Bootdisk 2/250 > Bootdisk 2/250 BU
Archive 1/160 > Archive 1 160/BU
Archive 2/160 > Archive 2 160/BU
Music 500 > Music 500 BU
Data 250 > Data 250 BU
Picture Disk 1/320 > Picture Disk 1/320 BU
Picture Disk 2/320 > Picture Disk 2/320 BU
...etc.etc.

That's the way I use the system with my 4 internal + 7 external Firewire
disks, all connected through a FW hub, so I only need to power on the
needed disk. On a large partitionated disk you will see all the
partitions mounted on the desktop, but with the 'BU' suffix you can
always differ them from each others and by adding the sizes of the disks
you also have a 'view' of the size of each disk/partition...

Cheers, Erik Richard
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From: Warren Oates on 28 Feb 2010 08:08
In article <4b89be10$0$8549$ba624c82(a)nntp06.dk.telia.net>,
Erik Richard Sørensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote:

> but with the 'BU' suffix you can
> always differ them from each others and by adding the sizes of the disks
> you also have a 'view' of the size of each disk/partition...

But Erik, you can do that with the Finder's "view options" for any disk
you've got mounted. I name my disks whimsically, after favoured but dead
pets, for instance.
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: TaliesinSoft on 28 Feb 2010 08:50
On 2010-02-28 07:08:50 -0600, Warren Oates said:

> I name my disks whimsically, after favoured but dead pets, for instance.

I'm another that likes whimsical names. In my case Cowboy, Sidekick,
Campfire, Willie, Merle, the last two in "honor" of my favorite country
and western singers.
--
James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com

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