RouterOS 7.9.2 x86 disk issue

RouterOS General
1

Hello,

I am running RouterOS x86 in a VirtualBox VM. The storage controller is AHCI (SATA).
Since upgrading RouterOS from 7.8 to 7.9.2, after every reboot a new entry appears in the Disk List.

Initially it was:

/disk
set slot1 slot=slot1 type=hardware

After reboot it has two:

/disk
set slot1 slot=slot1 type=hardware
set slot2 slot=slot2 type=hardware

After another reboot:

/disk
set slot1 slot=slot1 type=hardware
set slot2 slot=slot2 type=hardware
set slot3 slot=slot3 type=hardware

In RouterOS 7.8 there is no /disk in the exported configuration.
In the disk list in WinBox I see only 1 entry which has Slot: sata1.

2

The same issue is present in 7.10 stable.
That’s expected since there is nothing disk related in the changelog.

3

Best to contact support about it with supout.rif so they can check why it happens.

4

I just want to mention that the issue is still present in RouterOS 7.12 Stable.
The same issue happens in both VirtualBox and VMware.
After every reboot a new disk appears in /disk and they build up.

Thanks for the suggestion to contact the MikroTik support, however I don’t think I’m eligible for such.
I have a couple of hardware MikroTik routers, but for the VMs I use demo keys.

5

Why not ?
A reported bug is a reported bug. Doesn’t matter where it comes from.

6

I found Routeros keeps adding disk slots for dvd drive or sd card drive even they are empy. So remove the DVD drive in vmware will fix your issue.

7

Wow, thank you, that’s a great find!
It fixes the issue indeed and I needed the DVD only for the initial installation anyway.