[X4U] New drive in Pismo

[Geoffrey Loeffler]

I am going to put in a new HD in a Pismo I bought, chose the 80 gig 
7200 by  Hitachi

I have a full install of Panther ready to go. I remember vaguely a 
firmware upgrade that was required on many computers, might have been 
in the Jag days, seeing this is bare drive, will Jag have the firmware 
upgrade in it or do I have to go to another computer down load the 
firmware burn it and install it before I put the new Panther on and 
start the fun of getting all the downloads.

Which leads to another question I am probably going to hate the answer, 
but will the latest 10.3.6  now a week later .7  bring the machine up 
to date ?  Or, do I have to have go to the beginning, the stone age and 
get all the wonderful upgrades. Will Software Update be reliable for 
everything I would need on the OS or better to research and do it as a 
flowchart of upgrades?


Thanks for any help
Geoff