Doing a clean install of OS 10.3.9 on Imac which has OS 9.* installed

I have decided to purchase and install 256 Meg of dram. After that I will install OS 10.3.9, which is the highest OS I can install on this Imac.
In view of the Imacs current state, not booting up due to an error, should I expect any problems in loading the new software? Will the new software install clean off all of the old OS files?( I do not need any of the files which were on the Imac)
Please let me know any tips you have for doing a clean install of the new operating system.

The Error was just 41, not -41. It was a sychronization error, as I recall. The solution proposed was to either remove a specific file from the system folder, or do a clean install. Since I could not get to the aforementioned systems folder, because of the error, I decided on a clean install of the new operating system, hence my question regarding the new install. The new dram I am installing should preclude one of your concerns, and the success of the system bootup to the point of the error 41 would lead me to believe that the hard disk is functioning properly.
That in mind, I would still like to know if there are any issues which should be anticipated in doing a clean install of an OS 10.3.9 OS, and whether the install will clean off all old files. I did not receive any disks with the Imac, so , all cleanup and boot up will have to be done from the new operating system disks.

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