Clean install my imac intel based machine

Hi folks,
I'm needing to replace the hard drive and clean install my intel based imac 17" (early 2006) machine and have only the osx 10.4 disk. Do i need another disk to begin this? I am rather new to this machine (I guess you could say newbie)
Anyone know if there is a step-by-step to replace this hard drive and then install the os. From what I've read there is supposed to be an install disk besides the osx disk?
Any help is appreciated.

Just for your reference, if you lost those original disks, I recommend calling AppleCare to ask for replacements:
http://www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html
To be sure you are identifying your Mac correctly, follow this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301724
Intel Macs as the others have said will not boot from the black retail Tiger install disks that look like this box , and will only boot from the gray disks which came with them.
Older Macs will boot from newer retail discs (to the spec limit of the operating system, for Tiger that means built-in Firewire and DVD drive*) than came with them. To find out which one came with which Mac, see this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25517
Also there is no such thing as a Tiger clean install, as my user tip explains. Replacing your hard disk, effectively is like an erase and install:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607614
Before doing this, I strongly recommend isolating the issues on your Mac. Erasing, or replacing the hard drive is rarely needed, except when it the hard drive is truly dead. If you need help isolating issues with your hard drive, we'd be happy to show you how.
* DVD drive requirement can be overcome if you get the Tiger Media Exchange on Apple's Tiger upgrade website.

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