How do i start up from the dvd drive on an imac

Just got a 27 imac  os x 10.6. tried to migrate from my macbook pro os 10.5.8.   migration by ethernet with the 2 connected to each other only. Migration failed after over an hour. so i clicked cancel migration waited another hour nothing happened so i shut the imac down manually. On restart it took over 20 minutes to reboot and i was able to log in. now i dont  trust the applications files etc that migrated so I want to remove everything and do a "clean install" so that im not starting out with a corrupted brand new mac. any suggestions ?

Insert the DVD, restart with the C key held down, use the Disk Utility in the Utilities menu to erase the drive, and install the OS.
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