Switching black macbook hard drive, can I boot from disc?

[will0407]

Hi,
I've just bought a 500GB Western digital scorpio blue HD. I'm going to put it in my mac mini which I don't have yet. I have a macbook at the moment, so want to format the new drive so it's ready to put straight in the mini and use

Is it OK if i put the 500GB HD in the macbook, then boot it from disc and install leopard onto it that way? Or do i need to format the disc in some way before I install leopard?

any advice/help is appreciated.
will

 

[BlueRevolution]

The Mac OS X installer disk will take care of the formatting stuff for you.

Do you want a blank install on there?

 

[will0407]

The Mac OS X installer disk will take care of the formatting stuff for you.

Do you want a blank install on there?

Yeah, I wanted OS X in there so when i stick it in my mac mini, it's at the welcome screen. managed to sort it- found a guide online.