ACPI :BIOS age (1999) fails cutoff(2001) acpi=force is required to enable ACPI

[jmbetita at infoplus.com.ph (Joeffrey Betita)]

hi
i'm trying to install a linux gateway on a old PC Pentium III P2-99B ASUS
motherboard 192RAM i encountered this error message ACPI :BIOS age (1999)
fails cutoff(2001) acpi=force is required to enable ACPI i been looking at
google i can't seem to find an answer. do i have to update the BIOS? what is
your ideal specification for a linux gateway. thank you very much.


rgds,
Joeffrey
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