I was reading about different methods to burn bootloader onto brand new ATMega328P listed here (Arduino Playground - AvrdudeFTDIBitbang), and it seems that the method mentioned by Zach Taylor at nyc.edu does not need patching avrdude with serjtag. Is my understanding correct? I would appreciate if anyone had used this method before can shed some light on this. It seems that this method is simpler than the original one by Kimio. Thanks.
Although I haven't used it yet, the easiest solution I have found for burning a boot loader onto a blank atmega328 is at http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP
Will be trying it soon as need to deisgn a custom board so can move my current project onto it's own board and off the prototype stage
OK, I just tried it out the other day. And it seems that serjtag modifications are needed for both of those methods. I will post my own experience with flashing bootloaders shortly.
OK, I have put up some detailed instructions on my blog here (On ATMega328 Bootloading With FTDI Bitbang Method – Kerry D. Wong). It should be helpful if you are trying to get Kimio's method to work.