RouterOS does not include USB drivers for all chipsets, which is why USB CD-ROM drives or USB flash drives may not be detected.
Users often encounter this error when trying to install RouterOS directly on physical machines.
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Booting from a USB 3.0 port or using a USB 3.0 drive can lead to driver detection failures during the handoff from the initial bootloader to the installer environment.
After the installation finishes, ensure you remove the ISO/CD-ROM before restarting the machine, or it may boot back into the installer. RouterOS does not include USB drivers for all
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What (USB, physical CD, or virtual mount) are you currently using to load the ISO? Booting from a USB 3
Particularly problematic setups include systems with eMMC disks or SATA controllers set to AHCI mode.
Set your PC's static IP address to 192.168.88.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 .
This is the most frequent culprit when installing RouterOS on older PCs or industrial hardware. The MikroTik installer kernel expects a legacy storage interface.