New to Linux - BIOS before 2000?

[Ken]

On Thursday 20 May 2010 11:20:31 Mercury Rising wrote:
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> but it give me an error saying my BIOS was 1997 and I needed a a 2000 BIOS  
> or better. ... The machine has a Pentium 3 ... a 1997 BIOS machine.

A BIOS may be upgraded if it is contained in a flashable EEPROM. Identify 
exactly which motherboard your machine contains, then search for an updated 
BIOS download, which may or may not be free. Usually the procedure involves 
making a bootable diskette with the newer BIOS and a flash program, booting 
your machine with the disk, running the flash program, then rebooting your 
machine with the newer BIOS in place.  www.motherboards.org and 
www.wimsbios.com may have information useful to complete your project.


Ken