I've had it with windows!

A friend of mine gave me UNIX solaris 8!
Everyone tells me that this is a hard unix to start with.

Since I only work on win and dos, I don't even know how to begin the installation!
Can anyone recommend me any site with info on unix installation?

Or just tell me how to start the installation.
Do I need to make a new partition? Do I need a boot disk?
The cd I was given is not bootable.