Hard drive icons in AOS 3.2

Tolgod · 07 September 2021, 12:56

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone knows why they have chosen for AOS 3.2 to have your hdd partitions show up in wb with a floppy icon and if there is an option to change this to icons which represent the hdd nature of the volumes better?
(I'm using the glow icons)

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Daedalus · 07 September 2021, 13:34

The floppy disk icon is the default icon for any drive that doesn't have its own icon, regardless of its physical nature. You can easily apply a hard drive icon by copying the disk.info file from the GlowIcons floppy.

Tolgod · 07 September 2021, 19:18

Tnx for the help Daedalus. I'll try it straight away.

gdonner · 12 September 2021, 19:53

And if you want default icons for both diskettes and hard drives, just be sure to rename the default hard drive icon in ENVARC:Sys/ to something other than disk.info; e.g. "def_diskette.info" and "def_harddisk.info" respectively, and ensure SYS:Prefs/DefaultIcons knows about both.

PeterK · 12 September 2021, 20:35

Usually the Workbench tries to load an icon from ENV:Sys for disks which is based on the device name:

for DF0 it would try to load ENV:Sys/def_DF0.info,
for DF1 then def_DF1.info, or
for DH0 it looks for def_DH0.info
for CD0 then def_CD0.info ... and so on,
and only if it can't find any matching name it loads def_disk.info.

Jpor · 05 October 2021, 00:22

If you want to try something different and want fancy OS 4.1 icons try getting hold of Ken’s Icon pack and copy icon

07 September 2021, 12:56	#1
Tolgod Registered User Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Heerlen / The Netherlands Posts: 52	Hard drive icons in AOS 3.2 Hi there, I was wondering if anyone knows why they have chosen for AOS 3.2 to have your hdd partitions show up in wb with a floppy icon and if there is an option to change this to icons which represent the hdd nature of the volumes better? (I'm using the glow icons) Thanks in advance for your feedback.

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07 September 2021, 13:34	#2
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,381	The floppy disk icon is the default icon for any drive that doesn't have its own icon, regardless of its physical nature. You can easily apply a hard drive icon by copying the disk.info file from the GlowIcons floppy.

07 September 2021, 19:18	#3
Tolgod Registered User Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Heerlen / The Netherlands Posts: 52	Tnx for the help Daedalus. I'll try it straight away.

12 September 2021, 19:53	#4
gdonner Ancient Amiga User Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Elkhart, IN USA Posts: 208	And if you want default icons for both diskettes and hard drives, just be sure to rename the default hard drive icon in ENVARC:Sys/ to something other than disk.info; e.g. "def_diskette.info" and "def_harddisk.info" respectively, and ensure SYS:Prefs/DefaultIcons knows about both.

12 September 2021, 20:35	#5
PeterK Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: digital hell, Germany, after 1984, but worse Posts: 3,385	Usually the Workbench tries to load an icon from ENV:Sys for disks which is based on the device name: for DF0 it would try to load ENV:Sys/def_DF0.info, for DF1 then def_DF1.info, or for DH0 it looks for def_DH0.info for CD0 then def_CD0.info ... and so on, and only if it can't find any matching name it loads def_disk.info.

05 October 2021, 00:22	#6
Jpor Banned Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 404	If you want to try something different and want fancy OS 4.1 icons try getting hold of Ken’s Icon pack and copy icon

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