Using the built-in Z-Net firmware a diskless 480Z could be directly booted from a network file server (typically a Research Machines 380Z).

The floppy can then be booted directly on the test computer.

The other major feature introduced in version 2.0 was an enhanced version of the Journaled File System which allowed the operating system to be booted directly from JFS-formatted partitions.

It is filesystem-agnostic, and boots an operating system as if it were being booted directly from the hardware.

Once it is installed over the existing firmware on the DS, homebrew applications can be booted directly from SLOT-2.

A Debian Live system is a version of Debian that can be booted directly from removable media (CDs, DVDs, USB keys) or via network booting without having to install it on the hard drive.

Images of the system can be made while Windows is running, rather than only when booted directly into DOS-mode Ghost.

I think I started on version 3 and that could be booted directly or run from within Workbench.

DS games 32MB or smaller can also be loaded into RAM, but if they are over 32 MiB, they must be directly booted from the CompactFlash or Secure Digital card.

The majority of disks shipped with SAMDOS, the system's first DOS, on them so that they could be directly booted.