Yosemite: Doesn't Appear On Snow Leopard's Startup Disk Preference Pane

There is a major bug in Yosemite. It doesn't appear in the Startup Disk Preference Pane in Snow Leopard. Is there a solution for this? By the way, I can choose Yosemite by booting with the Option key. Also, how can I change the Recovery HD partition Icon?

I managed to change the Icon. The problem is still there.

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    leemathers wrote:
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