Re: boot volume name change ?s

Boris Harss wrote:

I am personally curious what happens if you install software on a disk
other than the system volume. As far as I see, it can in this case only
be addressed via "Volumes" and thus in fact give you trouble if the
volume name changes. Can anybody explain that?

It's not pretty.
My home directory is on an automounted external drive and symlinked
into /Users/shortid

Without thinking I named a new drive to "Users" instead of "External".

There were HUNDREDS of "/Volumes/External/..." in my preferences.
Even if you carefully go through /Users/shortid when setting the
preference, the thing gets stored as something like
/Volumes/External/Users/shortid.

Next time i do this, I will mount the drive right overtop of /Users
or thereabouts, like God intended.
I never unplug it anyway, so no need for automount.

.

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