to create a floppy

[desiv]

If your image is an IPF, you can currently use Kryoflux as well.
It currently supports writing of IPF files to floppies from a USB equipped PC (Win, Linux, Mac).

I've used that and it works..

They are saying that ADF writing is on it's way as well (and they've come thru on their other promises so far), but not specific dates..

That being said, not a lot of people have Kryoflux's lying around.. ;-)

You're best bet is to ask someone with an Amiga if they'll write you a floppy.  ;-)
(I've sent out several boot floppies with Transwarp ready for serial transfer..)

desiv

[desiv]

I stood still, and I'll be getting an A1200 + online option. Will cost some money, but in the end I think it will solve all the problems...

Yes..
And you will really enjoy it!!
And all the new problems that come with it..  :lol:

desiv
(Good choice..

[desiv]

If we look at the original concept of the original question, the answers are limited.

If you have an Amiga 500 with no boot floppy, how do you get a boot floppy?

There's only 3 ways I'm aware of (mentioned here above, I'm just summarizing):

1:  Find someone with an Amiga to make you a copy and give/send it to you.
2:  Use a catweasel controller in a PC and write an image.
3:  Use a kryoflux USB attached to a PC and write an image.

You can't use serial or network to transfer the first floppy to the Amiga.
Once you have a boot floppy, then you can use serial to transfer whatever you need, but you need that first boot floppy.

That's one of the things I like about ADTPro and the Apple II computers.  All you need is a PC and an Apple II and you can create the first boot floppy.  You don't even need a serial port, you can bootstrap with audio.  ;-)

But the Amiga needs that first boot floppy..

Hey, I just thought of another way.
4:  Use a Floppy emulator.  Then you either don't need a floppy (just use images in the emulator) or write one to an external drive..

So, those are the only 4 ways I can think of to get that first boot floppy.

desiv
(OK, technically, you could add a hard drive (for the A500, it'd have to be a sidecar SCSI unless you have a custom ROM) and you could write a bootable HD image to the SCSI disk, boot off of that and create the floppy, but that's getting pretty extreme..)  ;-)