Do I need to update the BIOS for new HDD?

I have to replace my HDD due to the current one dying on me. My current HDD is the 60Gb standard drive for the G4 DVI A1025. I'm considering replacing it with this model:
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3VNJ&SearchType=1&SearchTerms=7k1 00&PageMode=3&SearchKey=All&SearchMode=All&NavigationKey=0
Which as you can see is 80Gb but otherwise looks to be pretty much the same.
Does anyone know if this drive will require a BIOS update or not?
Also when I do install it, can I simply boot from the Install DVD and then run Disk Utility to format it or does it take some other more complicated way to format it?
Thanks in advance,
Chris Gilbert

The only hard drives that won't work internally on your machine are the 1.8", SATA, and the greater than 120 GB drives given this limitation:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178
What that says basically is you can have up to 200 GB if your model is this one:
http://support.apple.com/specs/powerbook/PowerBookG41GHz-867MHz.html
But not any earlier version of the Powerbook where the limit is 128 GB (since 128 GB hard drives aren't made, that's why I said 120 GB).

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