On Dec 8, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

> Is there a way to change the "name" of the optical drive? let me see if I can 
> clarify....
> 
> If I have multiple optical drives connected to my mac via external 
> enclosures, when using the "eject" in the menu bar, what I'm given is
> simply the name of the drive, which in my case say's something like this:  
> PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-118L
> 
> What I'd like it to say is, something like "Drive A"  denoting the drive in 
> it's hierarchy. So, anyway to do this?

The Mac is getting this information from the drive itself, I believe, as it's 
the same info you see in System Profiler when you look at the FW or USB bus, or 
in Disk Utility.

I do not know of any easy way to change this (if it's doable at all).

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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