LOL..
I hope I dont get that bad...
but it just one after another..
got bootloader on (finally)..
go to test the micro SD using the SimpleSDAudio lib...
no joy... change to Arduino duemilanove 2009 board.. works fine.. breadboard - 3.3v/8MHz internal clock = no worky:
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/board,8.0.html
oh well at least I have been learning.. at the cost of my sanity!