Install Mikrotik OS on a openwrt router

RouterOS General
1

Hello ,
I have a router with OpenWrt install on it
I want to remove it and install on it mikrotik OS
how can I do it?
the router doesn’t have a vga \ serial connection

Thanks ,

2

You can install MikroTik only on x86 machines or as a VM on ESXi, XenServer, KVM, Hyper-V, etc.

All other architectures are for Routerboards only and it’s installed using the Netinstall utility.

Since you mention OpenWRT I assume this is an embedded device rather than an x86 PC so you cannot install MikroTik on it.

3

let say it’s a x86 pc

what can I do ?

Thanks ,

4

Download the ISO and install it like any other OS.

5

but it doesn’t have serial connection…

can’t I use the tftp serer option in the openwrt ?

6

If you can take the disk out, you can connect it to another computer, install RouterOS there and then return it back. Or a little desperate approach, a blind install. Boot the installation on both target PC and somewhere else (e.g. a virtual machine) and learn which keys you need to press to install it.

7

Better use Netinstall.

CD install doesn’t support USB-CD drives and USB keyboards.

8

I thought about it
but I can’t remove the disk …
It is welded to the board

9

when I boot the device this is what I get :

Please choose the operation:
   1: Load system code to SDRAM via TFTP.
   2: Load system code then write to Flash via TFTP.
   3: Boot system code via Flash (default).
   4: Entr boot command line interface.
   7: Load Boot Loader code then write to Flash via Serial.
   9: Load Boot Loader code then write to Flash via TFTP.

what I need to choose so I can install ROS using netinstall ?


Thanks,