Upgrading from Jaguar to Panther-Is Firmware an issue?

[Apple Jack]

I bought a used B/W G3 that has had a G4 500 mhz processor upgrade. It had OSX Jaguar already loaded, and a couple years ago I updated to 10.2.8 which has run flawlessly. I now want to upgrade to Panther (For the sake of my daughters iPod) but not sure what firmware I have or should have to install Panther. Is it only an issue when upgrading from OS 9?
My Apple System Profiler is showing Boot Rom 1.1f4. I just want to make ABSOLUTELY sure this goes as smooth as possible. I rely heavily on this computer, and don't need any headaches or down time!
Thanks!

[mad jew]

It needed the update to get to 10.2 but it should be fine going straight to 10.3 or even 10.4. Having said that, here (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117)'s Apple's list of Macs and their firmware update information. :)

[Apple Jack]

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