I am trying to burn a bootloader onto a ATMEGA238 using a duemilanove board. I followed the instructions on the arduino site but keep getting this error message"
avrdude: usbdev_open(): did not find any USB device "usb"
I would really appreciate any suggestions.
Many thanks
Deon
What ISP device are you using?
I am using the "Arduino Duemilanove w/ ATMEGA328" as the board and "Arduino as ISP" as programmer. I have the crystal and 2 of 22pF caps with the 10k resistor on the reset.
The rest is wired as per the guide. Interesting, I am now getting the following message:
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00 which is similar to another topic on today's forum.
No solution there either.
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00 which is similar to another topic on today's forum.
That is the most generic error, it means you are not communicating with the target chip. Try:
Same setup except a jumper from pin9 on the Arduino as ISP to XTAL1 of the target Atmega. Also you run it from the serial monitor. More than likely, the target Atmega lfuse setting is for 1 MHz (factory setup).
If that works, just hit johnwasser's Karma button 
Thanks for the suggestions. Wish I could have done the karma button. I'm afraid I am a recent ex Picaxe user and I'm afraid much is still going over my head 
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Do I leave the crystal in when connecting the jumper to X1?
Could you please explain what (and how) I must run from serial monitor.
I have downloaded the link you posted and clicked on the "board programmer .ino" file. It opened the arduino window and I uploaded the code. A string of serial data should be displayed but only a single letter comes up?
The baud is 115200 (default IDE is 9600). You will have to a habit of checking the sketches for the baud rates
Serial.begin(115200);
Try it without the crystal and pin9 hooked up to XTAL1.
Problem solved, many thanks