PREZ wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> Note: I'm a Newbie to all of this.
> 
> I'm trying to prepare my disc of my IIci with HDSC for my first 
> installation of NetBSD. But trying to initialize I get this error-message:
> "Unable to unmount drive. A file on the disk may be in use."
> I tried this
> - Booting from floppy, where that I had to start HDSC from harddisc, 
> 'cause it didn't allow me to remove the floppy.


There's your problem.

What you need is a "DiskTools" floppy, which has a minimal copy of the 
system and finder. If you're not using an Apple ROMmed drive, then 
you'll need to replace the copy of HDSC on the floppy with a patched one.

IIRC, you can eject the boot floppy (Command-E) and insert another one 
to run a program from that. MacOS will, however, have make you then swap 
  diskettes like mad.


> - Patching my HDSC7.3.5 with the patcher


Only needed if you have a non-Apple drive.
 
> Note again: I have no CD-ROM drive.
> 
> Probably you think: "I won't waste time answering such loser-problems."
> But believe me: I'm trying hard!


We've all been there sometime.

I still remember sitting down at my first Mac Plus and searching the 
drive for a floppy formatting application. (I was a PC and Unix user... 
what do you mean "Just stick it in?")

<<<John>>>