CS4 Installation Disk won't launch

I have OSX Lion, a 21.5-inch, late 2009 Mac, and CS4 Premium. I put in Installer Disc 1 for CS4 Premium and double click Install Adobe Creative Suite (BTW, there is a white international symbol for "no" on the icon). A dialogue appears: "You can't open the appication Install Adobe Creative Suite because PowerPC applications are no longer supported."
Is CS4 PPC? Any way to fix this? Thanks.

I just did more investigating and my problem is slightly different than I thought.
I originally bought a full version of CS2 (the one with the leaf on the front with a photo of a yellow rose inside the leaf). On the box, it's called "Adobe Creative Suite Premium." Later, I upgraded to CS4 Design Premium (black cover with a strip of colored squares running down the middle). Now I'm in a situation where I need to reinstall Creative Suite on my late 2009 Mac that's running Lion. I'm stuck because I'm pretty sure I need to start by installing CS2 so I can then install the upgrade to CS4. Lion, as you know, won't let me do this because CS2 is PPC only.
I am legal with software at CS4, but this configuration won't let me get back there. Can you help me figure a solution? Thanks.

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