If you are deploying RouterOS as a Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) or x86 instance inside a hypervisor, you must match the virtual hardware to what RouterOS expects. Edit the virtual machine settings. Remove the existing CD-ROM and Hard Disk. Add a new IDE Controller . Re-add the Hard Disk and assign it to IDE 0:0 .
Add a new CD/DVD drive and change the Bus/Device dropdown interface directly to . fatal error no cd rom found mikrotik full
This means the ISO is corrupted or the USB creation tool failed. Redownload the ISO and use on Windows or dd on Linux. If you are deploying RouterOS as a Cloud
If you see this error while setting up RouterOS in a virtualized environment, the fix requires changing the virtual hardware configuration. For VMware Workstation / ESXi the MikroTik virtual machine. Add a new IDE Controller
When you see the message, “ FATAL ERROR: no CD-ROM found Press ENTER to reboot ,” the installer is telling you that it cannot find a CD-ROM drive that meets its specific, outdated requirements. This often happens when: