[newbie] Installation of Linux

Hello people, First, I would like to ask for a "mentor", can anyone volunteer (or is there a list of volunteers already?) to be my mentor. Please tell me how long you have been working with Linux. I am trying to install Linux Mandrake 5.2 for the first time and I have some problems: 1.

[newbie] Any web page that teaches how to install Linux?

Is there any web page that teaches how to install Linux (best if it is Linux Mandrake 5.2)? Or is there any very cheap book (i'm almost broke) on that?