Installation Blocker on using Mikrotik X86 (non CHR)

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I have been using HexS for months, routing performance is excellent, however, SSTP VPN is very slow (I cannot use OVPN or L2TP due to firewall with DPI).

For SSL base VPN on the same WAN, I got 50m/s using Fort-base proprietary SSLVPN , where Mikrotek only got about SSTP is only 15m/s. I have check all the config, the issue is mainly due to CPU high loading of CPU on encryption

Therefore I wish to experiment with installation on X86 (Dell, 7040 with i7 6500, Intel I350 4 port card, SATA SSD), however, it was simply no luck due to the design of the ISO installer or netinstall. Below has been tested with netinstall 6.47 and 6.44. I do not want to use CHR as it adds additional complexity.

I have been trying all below to install with no luck

1st try: USB Rufsus x86 ISO to the install. Issue. The Installer boot but cannot find the ISO

2nd try: USB CDROM ISO to the install. Issue. The Installer boot but cannot find ISO

3rd try: SATA CDROM ISO to install. Issue: The Installer boot and detect both SATA and ISO, however after jump to the installation screen, the keyboard is not responding. it seem like the OS cannot find Keyboard due to outdated Linux Boot kernel (I am using USB keyboard and test with both wire and wireless. Also Dell bios does not support USB Legacy keyboard mode anymore). Moreover, I no longer have any PS/2 keyboard or any machine that has a PS/2 port.
“Can Mikrotik simply put a more updated Linux for their ISO to support a USB keyboard?”

So I have to give up CDROM ISO approach and goes for Netinstall Bootp

4th/5th try. Netinstall boot that trying both 6.47/6.44 installer (Win 10, Run as Admin, disable all other LAN, only 1 net profile). Intel PXE enabled using legacy boot mode (CSM). For both versions of PXE boot got DHCP IP and touch the Bootp/TFTP server of Netinstall of Win 10, however pop up error “NBP is too big to fit in free base memory”

6th/7th try. Netinstall boot that trying both 6.47/6.44 installer (Win 10, Run as Admin, disable all other LAN, only 1 net profile). Intel PXE enabled using UEFI boot mode. For both versions, the Dell PC cannot get IP from the Bootp server of netinstall

So I have to give up netinstall and try to install into SATA from Win10 and move the disk to Dell PC

8th try netinstall to SATA disk. Install Status “failed”

Can someone suggest what else I should try?

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First try the latest v7 beta version, it does have Linux kernel that’s current and should have drivers for latest hardware. See http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/v7-0beta8-development-is-released/140169/1
As for installing ROS, I found it easiest to boot ISO in vmware where I also share host device where I want to install ROS. I usually install it to USB flash drives, but it also works with USB to SATA adapters - just share the USB port with VM. What also works is making HDD image this way and then writing it to drive later, just be aware that HW ID and license depends on the serial number of disk where ROS is installed. So buy license only when it’s running on final drive and final server hardware… that’s why I usually install it to USB flash drives, as USB booting doesn’t depend on any special drivers and it’s well supported… and you can swap it between servers to test various hardware, without losing the license…