I am looking to install a 10GB HD in my 1400 with a 233 Vimage G3 upgrade installed. I have the driver on floppy but alas no floppy drive for the 1400. If I install the new drive and install OS 8 or 9 (have not decided yet), would the unit function until I am able to get the driver for the upgrade?

I do have the original 133mhz 603 CPU to reinstall if necessary but I would rather not have to do that.