I can no longer change the icon of the startup disc... What gives?

I used to be able to get info, select the icon and paste a new icon on it, but now it won't let me. This works fine/as usual with my other mounted drives. Any ideas?
thanks for your help...

Instead of using the Get Info window you can put your desired icon, as an .icns file, at root level (the window that opens when you dbl-click the volume icon), calling it ".VolumeIcon.icns" - note the leading "." which makes the file invisible in the Finder. Your custom icon will appear instantly as the startup disk's icon.
Andreas

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