OS drive icon

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nitsuj98
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OS drive icon

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I just installed OS 9 and noticed that the hard drive icon was different from the standared OS 9 hard drive icon. How can I change it
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Cat_7
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Post by Cat_7 »

Hi,

If the icon is not correct, you can
-select the drive,
-choose Get Info in the File menu,
-select the icon and
-paste a correct one in there.

That is, if you can copy an icon from some drive that does show up correctly.

You might want to consider to reinstall as well, I have not heard of this problem before.
What host OS and sheepshaver version are you using?

Best wishes,
Cat_&
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Ronald P. Regensburg
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Post by Ronald P. Regensburg »

In SheepShaver you will not see a 'true' hard disk icon because the 'disk' is not a hard disk and is seen by the OS as a large floppy disk rather than a hard disk. The disk/volume icons you see on the desktop are provided by SheepShaver and indeed look like System 7 hard disk icons.
You can paste a custom icon that looks like a MacOS 8/9 hard disk icon if you do not like the SheepShaver volume icon.
nitsuj98
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Post by nitsuj98 »

Thank you, do you know where i can get OS 9 hard drive icon?
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Ronald P. Regensburg
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Post by Ronald P. Regensburg »

I saved a MacOS 8 hard disk icon years ago, pasted on a folder. You can download it here:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepsha ... on.sit.hqx
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