Install Mikrotik From Usb Stick



I'm trying to install routerOS(Mikrotik) from bootable USB drive on my PC. It boots from USB at first and loads the Linux Kernel. Moncrief Furnace Manuals. After detecting the H.D.D it requests me to insert the CD-ROM disk to installing the DRIVERS.

USB Memstick Installer. A disk image which can be written to a USB memory stick (memstick) and booted on the target hardware for installation. CD Image (ISO) Installer. To install from optical media or for use with IPMI or hypervisors which can boot from ISO images. Select a Console for USB Memstick Installer images: VGA. We will show how to install RouterOS x86 in a USB stick by Netinstall utility. Visit Mikrotik site to view Supported Hardware list. Installation To install the RouterOS on the USB you can use CD-Install or Netinstall from the latest versions of the RouterOS (starting form v3.0rc5). Plug the USB flash drive in your computer and make sure there is enough free space on it. Locate the Valve folder on the hard drive (C: Program File Steam). Make sure that any games you want to play are installed on your computer and in the Steam folder. Copy the entire Steam folder onto the USB flash drive.

Posts about Howto install Windows XP from USB Drive written by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:).

To install the RouterOS on the USB you can use CD-Install or Netinstall from the latest versions of the RouterOS (starting form v3.0rc5). Also it is possible to attach that USB drive to a Windows computer and copy the RouterOS installation files using Netinstall to the USB drive and when booting this USB drive it would install the RouterOS on it.

But the drivers are in the USB flash. I opened the syslinux.cfg and isolinux.cfg files: default system label system kernel linux append load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.rgz root=/dev/ram0 i'm thinking that the problem is here. It requests to load from CD-ROM. How can i tell it to load the drivers from USB Flash?

** i've not worked with Linux.

Yes, but: It would be extremely neat and handy to be able to insert a USB stick 'with the equivalent of the.ISO' Boot from USB, run the installer which then puts ROS on the default (main) partition (compact flash or DOM) I know this is really only an issue for x86-users where netinstall might not be an option. YVMV Regards I understand and we'll see how hard it is to make, but as I said - you can simply place the soon-to-be-router HDD in a windows machine, Netnstall it, move it back to it's own PC and boot to install. I understand that it's not so quick as the suggested way, but at least it's a working way. Ya I would agree don't put it high on the list. MLPPP is a much more needed function. I use USB sticks to install windows, and it works quite well.

And yes, I know you 'burn' the ISO, but the question is why can't you put a ISO on a Flash drive. I can burn a CD ISO on a DVD, so whats the difference? Why would it not see other controllers during an installation? Because 'burning an iso' is quite different than copying an iso (to a flash drive). Iso is just a container.

You would have to get a different kind of image (not an ISO) and then 'dd' it to the drive. We don't provide such images at the moment. We did do it some time ago. FATAL ERROR: no CD-ROM found Press ENTER to reboot[/b] It seems that it is looking for a CD-ROM device only? I get the same message if I extract the ISO contents to the FAT32 USB flash drive. You have to emulate the CD to get past this detection. The zalman virtual image box emulates an usb mass storage device (usb CDROM) which the the kernel enumerates during the boot process.

This is something that most USB gear does: like the 3G-sticks which have the 'driver' diskette embedded, or some promotion USB drives which are detected as a HDD *and* a CDrom. Generally booting iso from usb is easy, i did this several times with other 'OS' (if you consider windows xp as an OS).

If you have grub or grub4dos you can create a memdisk, which holds the entire contents of the iso file, promote it to be a drive, and boot off from it. But then it's just an int13h device (hard disk). You can however tweak linux kernel to look for iso-s and mount them while booting: it however requires this feature to be compiled in the kernel.

But you can give it a try and modify the kernel boot parameters in the 6.6 ISO file.

  • Install Mikrotik From Usb Stick

    I'm trying to install routerOS(Mikrotik) from bootable USB drive on my PC. It boots from USB at first and loads the Linux Kernel. After detecting the H.D.D it requests me to insert the CD-ROM disk to installing the DRIVERS.

    Posts about Howto install Windows XP from USB Drive written by Syed Jahanzaib / Pinochio~:). Dvr Studio Pro 2 Keygen Music there.

    But the drivers are in the USB flash. I opened the syslinux.cfg and isolinux.cfg files: default system label system kernel linux append load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.rgz root=/dev/ram0 i'm thinking that the problem is here. It requests to load from CD-ROM. How can i tell it to load the drivers from USB Flash?

    ** i've not worked with Linux.

    Yes, but: It would be extremely neat and handy to be able to insert a USB stick 'with the equivalent of the.ISO' Boot from USB, run the installer which then puts ROS on the default (main) partition (compact flash or DOM) I know this is really only an issue for x86-users where netinstall might not be an option. YVMV Regards I understand and we'll see how hard it is to make, but as I said - you can simply place the soon-to-be-router HDD in a windows machine, Netnstall it, move it back to it's own PC and boot to install. I understand that it's not so quick as the suggested way, but at least it's a working way. Ya I would agree don't put it high on the list. MLPPP is a much more needed function. I use USB sticks to install windows, and it works quite well.

    And yes, I know you 'burn' the ISO, but the question is why can't you put a ISO on a Flash drive. I can burn a CD ISO on a DVD, so whats the difference? Why would it not see other controllers during an installation? Because 'burning an iso' is quite different than copying an iso (to a flash drive). Iso is just a container.

    You would have to get a different kind of image (not an ISO) and then 'dd' it to the drive. We don't provide such images at the moment. We did do it some time ago. FATAL ERROR: no CD-ROM found Press ENTER to reboot[/b] It seems that it is looking for a CD-ROM device only? I get the same message if I extract the ISO contents to the FAT32 USB flash drive. You have to emulate the CD to get past this detection. The zalman virtual image box emulates an usb mass storage device (usb CDROM) which the the kernel enumerates during the boot process.

    This is something that most USB gear does: like the 3G-sticks which have the 'driver' diskette embedded, or some promotion USB drives which are detected as a HDD *and* a CDrom. Generally booting iso from usb is easy, i did this several times with other 'OS' (if you consider windows xp as an OS).

    If you have grub or grub4dos you can create a memdisk, which holds the entire contents of the iso file, promote it to be a drive, and boot off from it. But then it's just an int13h device (hard disk). You can however tweak linux kernel to look for iso-s and mount them while booting: it however requires this feature to be compiled in the kernel.

    But you can give it a try and modify the kernel boot parameters in the 6.6 ISO file.

Usb

Summary

Sub-menu:/system routerboard usb
Package:routerboard (v5) / system (v6)


Not all of the RouterBoards with USB ports have the same supported features. This article list all supported USB features by each RouterBoard.

USB power reset

USB power reset turns off USB port power for specified time. It is useful when 3G/LTE modem needs to be restarted but there is no direct access to it (tower installation).

Available properties:

  • duration (time; Default: '3s') - Time interval how long power is turned off.

For example, turn off USB port power for 10 seconds:

RouterBoards with multiple USB buses also require bus specified in order to do USB power reset.
Available properties:

  • duration (time; Default: '3s') - Time interval how long power is turned off.
  • bus (integer; Default: 1) - USB bus where power reset is applied.

Note:RB953GS: The miniPCIe slot closer to Ethernet ports on the RB953GS board is the one which is shared with USB port and has configurable USB port type, its USB bus number is 1. Depending on USB port type the power reset is done on USB port or miniPCIe slot. The other miniPCIe slot closer to SFP slots has independent bus - 2.


Note:RB922UAG: The USB port has independent bus - 1. The miniPCIe slot has independent bus - 2.


Stick

Note:CCR1072-1G-8S+: The micro USB port has independent bus - 0. The USB Type-A port has independent bus - 1.

Install Mikrotik From Usb Drive


USB port mode

RB2011 series, CRS series and mAP have micro USB port which operates in host mode when USB device is attached through USB OTG cable. Some vendor cables require forced host mode to recognize connected device.

Available properties:

  • usb-mode (automatic | force-host; Default: 'automatic') - Defines USB port mode.

Note: In RouterOS v5 this setting was called 'mode'.


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Warning: On RB2011 and CRS series boards USB devices may not work first time they are plugged in. In such cases power cycle (not reboot) is required.


USB port type

RB912UAG and RB953GS have partially shared USB port and miniPCIe slot. Due to hardware restrictions it is possible to use only one at the time for 3G/LTE modem.

Available properties:

  • type (USB-type-A | mini-PCIe; Default: 'USB-type-A') - Type of enabled port.

Note:RB953GS: The miniPCIe slot closer to Ethernet ports on the RB953GS board is the one which is shared with USB port and has configurable USB port type, its USB bus number is 1. Depending on USB port type the power reset is done on USB port or miniPCIe slot. The other miniPCIe slot closer to SFP slots has independent bus - 2.


RouterBoard USB port table

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Information about RouterBoard USB features.

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RouterBOARD USB ports Power Reset USB powering
Cloud Core Router series1yesyes
CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD1yesyes
CRS125-24G-1S1yesyes
RB OmniTIK 5; RB OmniTIK 5 PoE1yesyes
RB OmniTIK 5 ac; RB OmniTIK 5 PoE ac1yesyes
RB SXT series

(excluding SXT Lite)

1yesyes
RB SXT G series1yesyes
RB mAP 2n1noyes
RB mAP 2nD1yesyes
RB2011UAS1yesyes
RB2011UiAS1yesyes
RB3011UiAS1yesyes
RB411GL1yesyes
RB411U1noyes
RB411UAHL1yesyes
RB411UAHR1nono*
RB433GL1yesyes
RB433UL1yesyes
RB433UAH2noyes
RB433UAHL1yesyes
RB435G2noyes
RB493G1nono*
RB711UA-2HnD1yesyes
RB711UA-5HnD1yesyes
RB750UP1noyes
RB751G-2HnD1noyes
RB751U-2HnD1noyes
RB912UAG (BaseBox) series1yesyes
RB921UAGS; RB922UAGS (NetMetal) series1yesyes
RB951G-2HnD1yesyes
RB951Ui-2HnD1yesyes
RB953GS-5HnT1yesyes
RB951Ui-2nD (hAP); RB952Ui-5ac2nD (hAP ac lite)1yesyes
RB960PGS (hEX PoE)1yesyes
RB750UPr2 (hEX PoE lite)1yesyes
RB750Gr3 (hEX); RB760iGS (hEX S)1yesyes
RBM33G1yesyes
RBD52G-5HacD2HnD-TC (hAP ac^2)1yesyes
RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT1yesyes
RB912R-2nD-LTm series1yesyes
RBwsAP-5Hac2nD1yesyes

Note: RouterOS does not support memory slot like SD for USB modems. Use USB hub with USB modem and USB flash instead!'.

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  • * use of USB power injector is required in these models
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