Hi folks I have an old machine i want to try debian on for the first time. I understand that one can use the net install for a straight hard disk install.
For a live DVD install as i want to check the hardware is okay i tried using debian-12.5-i386-DVD-1.iso. This i presume would just spin up but it has asked for partitioning etc which suggests it is going to do a hard disk install. I have used Ubuntu, MX linux and Linuxmint in the past and the live DVD just spins up which is all i wanted to do. Maybe it just asks for country, keyboard, partitioning in preparation for a hard disk install - i am not sure as i don't want to do a hard disk install today. Just wanted to check the hardware through. Please advise thanks james
