Dock Drive "Volume" Icons

I am reinstalling software to my PowerMac G5 using OS X (10.5.2) after a hardware problem. When I drag my volume icons from the desktop to the right side of the dock, the icons change from those of drive icons to folder icons (except for the first partition of my boot drive). My computer currently has 2 internal drives: HD 1 (boot drive with 2 partitions, A & B) & HD 2, and 2 external firewire drives: Ext HD 1 and Ext HD 2. How can I retain the icons as displayed on the desktop in the dock?

control-click the drive in the dock, then under "Display As", click "Folder".
Good luck!
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