
maybe partition schemes other than GPT don't work this way? on second edit: There must be something not explained here that is causing this. I just changed it to "10.6.3 Banana Hammock" and when I booted with alt, that is what was displayed. I had already changed the name from "Mac OS X Install DVD" to "10.6.3 Installer minus Optional". I just tried this with a USB stick I created that has the 10.6.3 installer on it. no one will care and OS X will still install just fine. Name one "Crap Bag" and the other one "Princess Consuela Banana Hammock". The installer doesn't care what you call it. Your installer doesn't have to be called "Mac OS X Install DVD". I do this all the time with bootable volumes and it works just fine.


Or slow clicking twice on the name of the volume as it appears on the desktop, and editing it just like any other file name.

You can change the volume name just by right clicking it in finder, choosing "Get Info", and modifying the "name and extension" field. Unless I'm totally misunderstanding your question, this is pretty simple.
