Installation disk reboot, installation disk reboot

My installation disk is visible on the desktop but when I clik on reboot for a new installation my Macbook keep rebooting again an again. I reset the PRAM and tried starting with the extension out (shift key) without result. What is the solution. OS 10.5

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