That is a unix attribute not a Mac attribute. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
Rick Womer wrote: > Yeah; get a Mac, and then you can name your drives > whatever you want, with none of this drive letter > nonsense. > > Rick (who uses a PC for work, but vastly prefers the > Macs at home) > > --- Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm still working away at moving my photo libraries >> off DVD's and CD's >> to external USB drives. >> >> Now that I'm using the external drives I'm >> encountering a problem - they >> are mapping to whatever drive letter is available, >> sometimes seemingly >> randomly. Thumbs plus works off of the volume name >> so my thumbnail >> database is OK - but it's annoying to have to turn >> on a drive a then >> have to hunt around for it. >> >> Drive letters are affected by the order in which the >> drives are turned >> on, and other devices (like jumpdrives or the PD70x >> remote storage >> device) that are hooked up in advance.) Is there a >> way to permanently >> assign drive letters to these things? >> >> To give an example - I just turned on all 5 USB2 >> drives, with no jump >> drives or other devices attached. The volume labels >> reflect the order in >> which I would like to see the drives. The core >> system has drives A,C,D, >> E, and F. The 5 drives that I just fired up (labeled >> Book01 - Book05) >> mapped out as follows: >> >> Book01 - J: >> Book02 - H: >> Book03 - I: >> Book04 - O: >> Book05 - K: >> >> Any ideas how I can get these things in line? I >> thought there was >> something int he hardware manager where you could >> force a drive to own a >> certain letter, but I can't seem to find that. >> >> Thanks - >> >> MCC >> >> -- >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Mark Cassino Photography >> Kalamazoo, Michigan >> www.markcassino.com >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, > news, photos & more. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
