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10.5: Keep hard drive icons anywhere on the desktop
Authored by: emale on Fri, Dec 21 2007 at 5:18AM PST

I added following command to a login script:

defaults delete com.apple.finder FXDesktopVolumePositions
(use it on own risk)

This deletes the server icon positions everytime you log in to your account and the icons will appear in the good old order: At the next empty place...