[lug] Installation Guidance Needed

[Charlie Rose]

Gentlefolk!

I'm brand new to Linux, and need some hand holding. I want to install 
Mandrake Linux 9.0 on an old 50 MHz 486 machine I have (I'll move it up to 
a better machine when I'm able). The hard-drive on this computer is kaput, 
so I'm going to replace it with an unformatted, unpartitioned disk I picked 
up on the cheap.

I figure I'll install the hard drive, configure the BIOS for it, run FDISK 
(from a bootable Windows 98 floppy I have), and then format it. But the Big 
Question is: What do I do then? How can I get the computer to look at the 
CD, and how do I get the installation started when there isn't already an 
OS of some kind on the hard drive that will let me get to the CD?

With much appreciation ....
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